Chinese Silver chords by Tom Russell

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
G+G C majorC

Verse:
              FF    C majorC
The colour of her hair was Chinese silver
                   DmDm  G+G
On a buttermilk mare she rode through town
        FF        C majorC
And the jealous girls would all avoid her
                 G+G
And the bachelor men would gather round

Chorus:
    FF        G+G        C majorC
And the men would sing a song to Chinese silver
FF        G+G        C majorC
Soul of a hawk, eye of a turtle dove
  E7E7                 A minorAm  G+G     FF
And all the fire in Hell won't melt the ice around her heart
  G+G                  C majorC
And all the gold in Dodge won't buy her love

Verse:
            FF    C majorC
Her pa was a man named Wilmore Grady
              DmDm   G+G
He ran the mill down by the creek
           FF        C majorC
And the light of his life was Chinese silver
               G+G
He laid his soul down by her feet

Chorus:
    FF        G+G        C majorC
And the men would sing a song to Chinese silver
FF        G+G        C majorC
Soul of a hawk, eye of a turtle dove
  E7E7                 A minorAm  G+G     FF
And all the fire in Hell won't melt the ice around her heart
  G+G                  C majorC
And all the gold in Dodge won't buy her love

Instrumental:
C majorC  FF C majorC   DmDm G+G FF  C majorC   G+G

Chorus:
    FF        G+G        C majorC
And the men would sing a song to Chinese silver
FF        G+G        C majorC
Soul of a hawk, eye of a turtle dove
  E7E7                 A minorAm  G+G     FF
And all the fire in Hell won't melt the ice around her heart
  G+G                  C majorC
And all the gold in Dodge won't buy her love

Verse:
        D MajorD     G+G   D MajorD
The buttermilk mare went in the Winter
              E minorEm  A augmentedA
Then Wilmore Grady passed away
            G+G           D MajorD
Well, the years rolled on and the men stopped singing
             A augmentedA
Chinese silver turned to grey

Chorus:
    G+G         A augmentedA        D MajorD
But the wind still sings a song to Chinese silver
G+G        A augmentedA        D MajorD
Soul of a hawk, eye of a turtle dove
  F#7F#7                 B minorBm  A augmentedA     G+G
And all the fire in Hell won't melt the ice around her heart
  A augmentedA                  D MajorD
And all the gold in Dodge won't buy her love

Chorus:
    G+G         A augmentedA        D MajorD
And the wind still sings a song to Chinese silver
G+G        A augmentedA        D MajorD
Soul of a hawk, eye of a turtle dove
  F#7F#7                 B minorBm  A augmentedA     G+G
And all the fire in Hell won't melt the ice around her heart
  A augmentedA                  D MajorD
And all the gold in Dodge won't buy her love
  G+G        A augmentedA          D MajorD   G+G D MajorD
And all the gold in Dodge won't buy her love