Don't Sing Love Songs chords by Barbara Dane

Intro:


C G

Verse:
C                 G                     C
  Don't sing love songs, you'll wake my mother
               G           Am
She's sleepin' close by my side
                 Am               Dm
And in her right hand, she holds a  dagger
              Am               G
And says that I shan't be your bride

Verse:
           G               C
All men are false, says my mother
                G             Am
They'll tell you wicked lovely  lies
               Am               Dm
And the very next evening court another
            Am                G
Leaving you alone to pine and sigh

Verse:
          G             C
My father is a handsome devil
           G                 Am
He's got a chain that's five miles long
           Am                Dm
From every link a heart does dangle
        Am                       G
Of some poor maid he's loved and wronged

Break:

G G C C

G G Am Am

Am Am Dm Dm

Am Am G G

Verse:
            G                 C
Wish that I was some little sparrow
            G                 Am
Yes, one of those that flies so high
        Am                 Dm
I'd fly away to my heart's true lover
         Am                   G
And when he'd speak I would deny

Verse:
       G                       C
All on his breast I'd light and flutter
        G             Am
With my little tender wings
          Am            Dm
I'd ask him who he meant to flatter
        Am           G
Or who he meant to deceive

Verse:
              G            C
Go court some other tender lady
              G              Am
And hope that she will be your wife
             Am                Dm
Cause I been warned and I've decided
         Am              G
To sleep alone all of my life