Chinese Silver chords by Tom Russell

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Verse 1
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C 
 (G major)  (C major) The color of her hair was
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C 
 (F major) Chinese  (C major) silver
On a buttermilk mare she
rode through town
Dm 
G 
F 
C 
 (D minor) An (G major) d  the jealous girls  (F major) would all avoid  (C major) her
G 
And the bachelor men would gather round  (G major) 
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G 
And the  (F major) men would sing a  (G major) song to
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Chinese sil (C major) ver
F 
G 
C 
Soul  (F major) of a hawk,  (G major) eye of a turtle dove  (C major) 
E 
Yeah,  (E major) and all the fire in hell won't
Am 
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F 
melt the ice  (A minor) around  (G major) her  (F major) heart
G 
And  (G major) all the gold in
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Dodge won't buy her love  (C major) 
Her pa was a man named
Wilmore
Grady
He ran the mill down by the creek
Dm 
G 
F 
 (D minor) An (G major) d  the light of his  (F major) life was
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Chinese sil (C major) ver
G 
He laid his soul down by her  (G major) feet
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And the  (F major) men would sing a  (G major) song to
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Chinese  (C major) silver
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G 
C 
Soul  (F major) of a hawk,  (G major) eye of a turtle dove  (C major) 
E 
And  (E major) all the fire in hell won't melt
Am 
G 
F 
the  (A minor) ice  around  (G major) her  (F major) heart
G 
And  (G major) all the gold in dodge won't
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Dm 
G 
F 
C 
buy her love  (C major)  (D minor)  (G major)  (F major)  (C major) 
G 
 (G major) 
F 
G 
And the  (F major) men would sing a  (G major) song to
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Chinese  (C major) silver
F 
G 
C 
Soul  (F major) of a hawk,  (G major) eye of a turtle dove  (C major) 
E 
Yeah,  (E major) and all the fire in hell
Am 
G 
F 
Won't melt the  (A minor) ice  around  (G major) her  (F major) heart
G 
And  (G major) all the gold in dodge
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G 
won't buy her love  (C major)  (G major) 
A 
D 
G 
D 
 (A major) The buttermilk  (D major) man went  (G major) in the win (D major) ter
Then
Wilmore
Grady passed away
Em 
A 
G 
 (E minor) Well,  (A major) the years rolled  (G major) on
D 
And the men stopped  (D major) singing
A 
Chinese silver turned to gray  (A major) 
G 
But the  (G major) wind still sings
A 
A  (A major) song to
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Chinese sil (D major) ver
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A 
D 
Soul  (G major) of a hawk,  (A major) eye of a turtle (D major) dove
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In  (F sharp major) all  the fire and hail
Bm 
A 
G 
won't melt the  (B minor) ice  around  (A major) her  (G major) heart
A 
and  (A major) all the golden dogs
D 
won't buy her love  (D major) 
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A 
and the  (G major) wind still sings a  (A major) song to
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Chinese sil (D major) ver
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A 
D 
soul  (G major) of a hawk and  (A major) eye of a turtle dove  (D major) 
F# 
in  (F sharp major) all  the fire and hell won't melt
Bm 
A 
G 
the ice  (B minor) around  (A major) her  (G major) heart
A 
and  (A major) all the golden dogs won't buy her love
D 
G 
A 
 (D major) And  (G major) all the golden dimes  (A major) 
D 
won't buy her  (D major) love
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D 
 (G major)  (D major) 