Silver Threads And Golden Needles chords by Sandy Denny

Silver Threads and Golden Needles

The Version released in the Album Fotheringay 2

Capo 3 (Concert pitch is Bb major)
Verse 1
        G (falling Bass   G F# E D)
I don't want your lonely mansion with
   C  (falling Bass C B A G)
a tear in every room
       C          Am       G   Em
All I want is the love you promised
G     G/B     F    D7
beneath the haloed moon

Verse 2
        G    (falling Bass   G F# E D)
But you think I should be happy with
     C   (falling Bass C B A G)
your money and your name
     C    Am      G      Em
And hide myself in sorrow while you
D7                  G  G Am G/B
play your cheating game.
    C    Am      G      Em D7   G  G Am G/B
Repeat   Last two lines instrumentally.
Chorus
       C      (falling Bass C B A G)
Silver threads and golden needles cannot
G   (falling Bass   G F# E D)
mend this heart of mine
       G       (falling Bass   G F# E D)
And I dare not drown my sorrows
      F/C  Am   F  Am/E D7
in the warm glow of your wine
        G        (falling Bass   G F# E D)
But you think I should be happy with
C     (falling Bass C B A G)
your money and your name

C    Am      G      Em
And hide myself in sorrow while you
D7                  G
play your cheating game.
C G/B Am G
Break

G (falling Bass   G F# E D)
C (falling Bass C B A G)
C Am G Em C D7
C G/B Am G

Verse 3
          G   (falling Bass   G F# E D)
You can't buy my love with money
         C   (falling Bass C B A G)
cause I never was that kind
    C    Am      G      Em
Silver threads and golden needles
       D7                  G
cannot mend this heart of mine.

Chorus
       C   (falling Bass C B A G)
Silver threads and golden needles cannot
G   (falling Bass   G F# E D)
mend this heart of mine
       G    (falling Bass   G F# E D)
And I dare not drown my sorrows
      F/C  Am   F  Am/E D7
in the warm glow of your wine

          G   (falling Bass   G F# E D)
You can't buy my love with money
         C   (falling Bass C B A G)
cause I never was that kind
    C    Am      G      Em
Silver threads and golden needles
       D7                  G
cannot mend this heart of mine
        C    Am      G      Em
Silver threads and golden needles
       D7                  G
cannot mend this heart of mine.

Ending
C G/B Am G