Silver Threads And Golden Needles chords by Sandy Denny

Chords with lyrics

Silver Threads and Golden Needles

The Version released in the Album Fotheringay 2

Capo 3 (Concert pitch is Bb majorBb major)
Verse 1
    G+G (falling Bass  G+G F#F# E MajorE D MajorD)
I don't want your lonely mansion with
  C majorC (falling Bass C majorC BB A augmentedA G+G)
a tear in every room
    C majorC     A minorAm    G+G  E minorEm
All I want is the love you promised
G+G   G/BG/B   FF  D7D7
beneath the haloed moon

Verse 2
    G+G  (falling Bass  G+G F#F# E MajorE D MajorD)
But you think I should be happy with
   C majorC  (falling Bass C majorC BB A augmentedA G+G)
your money and your name
   C majorC  A minorAm   G+G   E minorEm
And hide myself in sorrow while you
D7D7         G+G G+G A minorAm G/BG/B
play your cheating game.
  C majorC  A minorAm   G+G   E minorEm D7D7  G+G G+G A minorAm G/BG/B
Repeat  Last two lines instrumentally.
Chorus
    C majorC   (falling Bass C majorC BB A augmentedA G+G)
Silver threads and golden needles cannot
G+G  (falling Bass  G+G F#F# E MajorE D MajorD)
mend this heart of mine
    G+G    (falling Bass  G+G F#F# E MajorE D MajorD)
And I dare not drown my sorrows
   F/CF/C A minorAm  FF Am/E D7D7
in the warm glow of your wine
    G+G    (falling Bass  G+G F#F# E MajorE D MajorD)
But you think I should be happy with
C majorC   (falling Bass C majorC BB A augmentedA G+G)
your money and your name

C majorC  A minorAm   G+G   E minorEm
And hide myself in sorrow while you
D7D7         G+G
play your cheating game.
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G
Break

G+G (falling Bass  G+G F#F# E MajorE D MajorD)
C majorC (falling Bass C majorC BB A augmentedA G+G)
C majorC A minorAm G+G E minorEm C majorC D7D7
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G

Verse 3
     G+G  (falling Bass  G+G F#F# E MajorE D MajorD)
You can't buy my love with money
     C majorC  (falling Bass C majorC BB A augmentedA G+G)
cause I never was that kind
  C majorC  A minorAm   G+G   E minorEm
Silver threads and golden needles
    D7D7         G+G
cannot mend this heart of mine.

Chorus
    C majorC  (falling Bass C majorC BB A augmentedA G+G)
Silver threads and golden needles cannot
G+G  (falling Bass  G+G F#F# E MajorE D MajorD)
mend this heart of mine
    G+G  (falling Bass  G+G F#F# E MajorE D MajorD)
And I dare not drown my sorrows
   F/CF/C A minorAm  FF Am/E D7D7
in the warm glow of your wine

     G+G  (falling Bass  G+G F#F# E MajorE D MajorD)
You can't buy my love with money
     C majorC  (falling Bass C majorC BB A augmentedA G+G)
cause I never was that kind
  C majorC  A minorAm   G+G   E minorEm
Silver threads and golden needles
    D7D7         G+G
cannot mend this heart of mine
    C majorC  A minorAm   G+G   E minorEm
Silver threads and golden needles
    D7D7         G+G
cannot mend this heart of mine.

Ending
C majorC G/BG/B A minorAm G+G