Chinese Silver chords by Tom Russell

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
G  C

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

Chorus:
        F                G               C
And the men would sing a song to Chinese silver
F               G               C
Soul of a hawk, eye of a turtle dove
    E7                                  Am   G         F
And all the fire in Hell won't melt the ice around her heart
    G                                   C
And all the gold in Dodge won't buy her love

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

Chorus:
        F                G               C
And the men would sing a song to Chinese silver
F               G               C
Soul of a hawk, eye of a turtle dove
    E7                                  Am   G         F
And all the fire in Hell won't melt the ice around her heart
    G                                   C
And all the gold in Dodge won't buy her love

Instrumental:
C    F  C      Dm  G  F    C      G

Chorus:
        F                G               C
And the men would sing a song to Chinese silver
F               G               C
Soul of a hawk, eye of a turtle dove
    E7                                  Am   G         F
And all the fire in Hell won't melt the ice around her heart
    G                                   C
And all the gold in Dodge won't buy her love

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

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

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