Fatal Wedding chords by Gussie Davis

Chords with lyrics

Verse:

  G+G                C majorC
The wedding bells were ringing on a moonlit winter's night
  G+G             D MajorD
The church was decorated, all within was gay and bright.
 G+G             C majorC
A augmentedA woman with a baby came and saw the lights aglow,
  G+G          C majorC           D MajorD        G+G
She thought of how those same bells chimed for her three years ago.
  G+G               C majorC
I'd like to be admitted, sir, she told the sexton old
   G+G            D MajorD
Just for the sake of baby to protect him from the cold.
  G+G               C majorC
He told her that the wedding was for the rich and grand,
  G+G       C majorC           D MajorD        G+G
And with the eager watching crowd, she'd have to outside stand.

Chorus:

     D MajorD
While the wedding bells were ringing,
     C majorC          G+G
While the bride and groom were there,
D MajorD
Marching up the aisle together,
     C majorC        G+G
While the organ pealed an air;
  D MajorD
And tales of fond affection,
    C majorC       G+G
Vowing never more to part,
   G+G
Just another fatal wedding,
   D MajorD       G+G
Just another broken heart.


Verse:

  G+G               C majorC
She asked the sexton once again to let her pass inside.
   G+G                 D MajorD
"For baby's sake you may step in," the gray-haired man replied
  G+G               C majorC
"If any one knows reason why this couple should not wed,
G+G           C majorC          D MajorD         G+G
Speak now, or forever hold your peace:" is what the preacher said!
  G+G                  C majorC
"I must object," the woman cried, with voice so meek and mild
   G+G                 D MajorD
"The bridegroom is my husband, sir, and this our little child."
   G+G                    C majorC
"What proof have you?" the preacher said. "My infant," she replied
  G+G         C majorC         D MajorD       G+G
She raised her babey, knelt to pray, the little one had died.

Chorus:

     D MajorD
While the wedding bells were ringing,
     C majorC          G+G
While the bride and groom were there,
D MajorD
Marching up the aisle together,
     C majorC
While the organ pealed an air;
  D MajorD
And tales of fond affection,
    C majorC       G+G
Vowing never more to part,
   G+G
Just another fatal wedding,
   D MajorD       G+G
Just another broken heart.


Verse:

  G+G                 C majorC
The parents of the bride then took the outcast by the arm.
    G+G                       D MajorD
"We'll care for you through life," they said, "you've saved our child from harm."
   G+G                  C majorC
The outcast wife, the bride and parents, quickly drove away,
  G+G               D MajorD          G+G
The husband died by his own hand, before the break of day!


Bridge:

  D MajorD                    C majorC           G+G
No wedding feast was spread that night, two graves were made next day
D MajorD                C majorC       G+G
One for the little baby, and in one the father lay.
   G+G              C majorC
The story has been often told, by firesides warm and bright,
  G+G                 D MajorD       G+G
Of bride and groom, an outcast, and a fatal wedding night.


Chorus:
     D MajorD
While the wedding bells were ringing,
     C majorC          G+G
While the bride and groom were there,
D MajorD
Marching up the aisle together,
     C majorC        G+G
While the organ pealed an air;
  D MajorD
And tales of fond affection,
    C majorC       G+G
Vowing never more to part,
   G+G
Just another fatal wedding,
   D MajorD       G+G
Just another broken heart.

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Written and composed and performed by Gussie Lord Davis (1863-1899)
Best remembered for his song 'Goodnight Irene' - 1886