TRAGEDY OF LOVE
©1999 Nick Fessler

Tuning:  Standard (EADGBe)
Tempo:  100
Transpose:  -3  (Key of A)

Intro                                                     D -A, E - E
.                                                         D -A, E - E
.                                                         D -A, E - E
.                                                         F#m -D, A - E
.                                                         F#m -D, A - E
.
Her beauty was such that she just seemed to glow          D -A, E - E
Her smile was a blessing she gladly bestowed              D -A, E - E
But who would she love every man wants to know            D -A, E - E
In this tragedy of love                                   F#m -D, A - E
.                                                         F#m -D, A - E
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His words were much more than a mere work of art          D -A, E - E
As they fanned the flames of love’s scripted part         D -A, E - E
And caused throats to catch their beating hearts          D -A, E - E
In this tragedy of love                                   F#m -D, A - E
.                                                         F#m -D, A - E
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In this tragedy of love                                   F#m, E
There’s a vial of poison from a nightmare dreamed of      D - F#m, E - A
A knife through the heart held by a blood-stained glove   D - F#m., E - A
Two spirits now soar hand in hand high above              D, A
In this tragedy of love                                   F#m -D, A - E
.                                                         F#m -D, A - E
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Their passion grew bright and burst from within           D -A, E - E
But they were both married and love could not win         D -A, E - E
She sailed away and they don’t meet again                 D -A, E - E
In this tragedy of love                                   F#m -D, A - E
.                                                         F#m -D, A - E
.
In this tragedy of love                                   F#m, E
There’s a vial of poison from a nightmare dreamed of      D - F#m, E - A
A knife through the heart held by a blood-stained glove   D - F#m., E - A
Two spirits now soar hand in hand high above              D, A
In this tragedy of love                                   F#m -D, A - E
.                                                         F#m -D, A - E


TRAGEDY OF LOVE
©1999 Nick Fessler                                                - Page 2 -


It was such a tragedy                                     C#m, F#m
A light trapped inside…that soon must grow dim            C#m, F#m
It was such a tragedy                                     C#m, F#m
A leaf that grows dry…and blows away in the wind          F#m -D, A - E
.                                                         F#m -D, A - E
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He was now left behind a king with no queen               D -A, E - E
And no words to describe this play without scenes         D -A, E - E
His heart never harnessed was now caught between          D -A, E - E
In this tragedy of love                                   F#m -D, A - E
.                                                         F#m -D, A - E
.
In this tragedy of love                                   F#m, E
There’s a vial of poison from a nightmare dreamed of      D - F#m, E - A
A knife through the heart held by a blood-stained glove   D - F#m., E - A
Two spirits now soar hand in hand high above              D, A
In this tragedy of love                                   F#m -D, A - E
.                                                         F#m -D, A - E
.
What a tragedy                                            ... F#m
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