{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2086221,"song":"Silverblade","artist":"Josh Ritter","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11453300-silverblade-chords-by-josh-ritter/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2086221?type=chord","rating":4.7826,"votes":6,"content":"*This is the live version. For the studio version, the lyrics are different and it is capo 7th fret.\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh, I have a silver blade....[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe edges sharp, the handle bone.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nA pretty thing of silver made...[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow it's the only thing I own.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOnce I knew a lordling fine....[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI heard him whistle as he rode.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I was bold to call him mine....[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe shoes upon his horse were gold.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOne look in my eyes and he...[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nBid me climb onto his horse.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd asked if I'd his lady be...[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd go away for ever more?[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe spoke of love songs at each kiss...[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I who was a young girl then,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWas promised every young girl's bliss...[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGot up and rode away with him.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe led me through his castle tall...[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith promises and jewels until.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe led me through his castle hall...[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThen took my clothes and worked his will.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd when he had and I lay there...[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nFrom my head with a silver blade.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe cut a lock of my cold black hair...[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd bid me dress and go my way.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut I marked well the silver blade...[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd where he laid it when he did.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd when his back was turned away...[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI buried it beneath his ribs.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI used the dagger as a spade...[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhere the thorns and lilacs grow.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI cut the ground into a grave...[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn a place even God don't know.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd every evening I returned...[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo the place for him I chose.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nUntil his skin had turned to worms...[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWild dogs scattered his bones.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd all I have of what I was...[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nIs the memory of a maid.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWho mistook a thief for love...[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut who gained a silver blade.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSilver blade.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n[ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]","plain_text":"*This is the live version. For the studio version, the lyrics are different and it is capo 7th fret.\n\n\n[Intro]\nEm  Em  Em  Em\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nEm  D  Am  C\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nEm  D  Am  C\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\nEm  D  Am  C\nEm  D  Am  Am\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\nEm  D  Am  C\n\n[Outro]\n\n\nEm  D  Am  C\nEm  D  Am  C","chords":["Em","D","Am","A","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]}}}