The Tragic Romance chords by Doc Watson

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

From the album Doc & Merle Watson "Ballads from Deepgap"
Intro:
G+G  C majorC D MajorD D7D7 G+G X2

Verse 1:
G+G              C majorC
Nestled in the heart of the Tennessee hills
D MajorD                D7D7      G+G
Midst peaceful pines, midst the rocks and the rills
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There stands my old homestead of long, long ago
    D MajorD                D7D7        G+G
And it brings back fond memories of the girl that I loved so

Verse 2:
 G+G          C majorC
I courted a maiden so sweet and so fair
   D MajorD           D7D7      G+G
With heavenly eyes and the chestnut brown hair
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She told me she loved me and said that she'd be mine
  D MajorD          D7D7     G+G
But I went away leaving her there behind

Instrumental:
G+G  C majorC D MajorD D7D7 G+G X2

Verse 3:
   G+G            C majorC
I'll tell you the reason that I left her there
  D MajorD              D7D7     G+G
To roam this old world with its sorrows and cares
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I saw her one night in the arms of a man
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Hugging and kissing as true lovers can

Verse 4:
   G+G            C majorC
Then I went to my home with a heart full of woe
 D MajorD            D7D7     G+G
I packed by belongings, de-termined to go
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For many long years, this old world I did roam
   D MajorD             D7D7       G+G
With thoughts of my darling, my sweetheart, my own

Instrumental:
G+G  C majorC D MajorD D7D7 G+G X2

Verse 5:
   G+G          C majorC
While dining one day in a little country town
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A augmentedA stranger walked in and he chanced to set down
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While talking of loved ones I happened to find
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That his sister was that old sweetheart of mine

Verse 6:
   G+G          C majorC
When he heard my story to me he then said
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The one you left there has a long time been dead
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She waited so long for the day that you'd return
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But why you had left her she never did learn

Verse 7:
  G+G           C majorC
Now I was the man that you saw that fatal night
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Wrapped in the arms of my sister so tight
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She loved you so dearly but you broke her heart
  D MajorD            D7D7      G+G
For stranger, from her ever more you must part

Instrumental:
G+G  C majorC D MajorD D7D7 G+G X2