INTRO: D

D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)             D (xx0232@1)    A (x02220@1)     DStandin' (xx0232@1)at that pawn shop counter, trying on the wedding rings
    D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)            D (xx0232@1)                 A7She (x02020@1)said she needed silver, 'cause gold just turns her green
  D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)             D (xx0232@1)      D7 (xx0212@1)  G (320003@1)              
I counted out the twenties, and I laid the money down
    G (320003@1)                     D (xx0232@1)  A7 (x02020@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)we went straight to the Davidson courthouse

D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)         D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1) DAfter (xx0232@1)three long years together, she found a banker man
             D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)                 D (xx0232@1)              A7Said (x02020@1)she was thinkin' about her future, and gave me back that silver band
  D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)              D (xx0232@1)     D7 (xx0212@1)  GI (320003@1)had it melted down, so I could wear it on a chain
           G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)        A7 (x02020@1)         DNow (xx0232@1)it's a flyin' silver eagle that used to be a ring

CHORUS:
           G (320003@1)                         DI'd (xx0232@1)rather have this silver eagle than all that rich man's gold
Bm (x24432@1)        Em (022000@1)          G (320003@1)           A7It's (x02020@1)my one reminder of a woman turnin' cold
    D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)               D (xx0232@1)  D7 (xx0212@1)    GHer (320003@1)love lies in his money, and mine's in a pair of wings
     G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)       A7 (x02020@1)         DOn (xx0232@1)a flyin' silver eagle that used to be a ring

INTRO

D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)            D (xx0232@1)    A (x02220@1)  DI (xx0232@1)couldn't put the past behind me, so I put it in a song
       D (xx0232@1)   G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)             D (xx0232@1)           A7That's (x02020@1)how I tell the story, how that woman done me wrong
      D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)             D (xx0232@1)  D7 (xx0212@1)   GNow (320003@1)I tour across the country, ridin' high on the wings
     G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)        A7 (x02020@1)         DOf (xx0232@1)a flyin' silver eagle that used to be a ring

CHORUS

SOLO

D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)              D (xx0232@1)     A (x02220@1)     DI (xx0232@1)met a homeless man on Broadway, he was holdin' out his hand
   D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)                 D (xx0232@1)           A7He (x02020@1)asked me for a dollar, said he was once a banker man
          D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)           D (xx0232@1)   D7 (xx0212@1)      G'Til (320003@1)that lady took his money, I said man I feel your pain
               G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1)                A7 (x02020@1)               DYa (xx0232@1)might could use this silver eagle, you know it used to be a ring