C G7 A chain of steel a wall of stone could not keep me from you C But while your finger wears a ring of gold what can I do C7 F I'm burning up with love but still I'm left out in the cold G7 C Because you wear a yellow band of fourteen karat gold G7 I never should have let my heart go roaming by itself C But it gets awful lonesome when your heart sets on the shelf C7 F I should have tied it with a string so it could be controlled G7 C To stay away from a yellow band of fourteen karat gold G7 I realize that I was wrong that I was all to blame C If there's a ring upon her finger never fan the flame C7 F I'm ready now to pay the price of loving much too bold G7 C A girl who wears a yellow band of fourteen karat gold