Tragic Romance chords by Grandpa Jones

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Nestled in the heart
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of the Tennessee hills,
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Mid peaceful pines,
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midst the rocks and the rills,
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Stands my old homestead of long, long ago.
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It brings back fond memories
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of one I love so.
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I courted a maiden so sweet and so fair
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With heavenly eyes
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and with chestnut -brown hair
She told me she loved me
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and said she'd be mine
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But I went away,
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leaving her there behind
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I'll tell you the reason why I  left her there
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To roam this old world
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with its sorrow and care
I saw her one night
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in the arms of a man
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Hugging and kissing as two lovers can
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I went to my home with a heart full of woe
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I packed my belongings, determined to go
For many long years this old
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world I did roam
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With thoughts of my sweetheart,
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my darlin', my own
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While dining one day in a little country town
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A stranger walked in
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and he chanced to sit down
While talking of loved ones
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I happened to find
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That his sister was that old
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sweet heart of mine
When he heard my story
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to me he then said
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The one you left there
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has a long time been dead
She waited so long for the day
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that you'd return
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But why you had left her
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she never did learn
Now I am the man
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whom you saw that fatal night
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Wrapped in the arms of my sister so tight
She loved you so dearly
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but you broke her heart
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Poor stranger from Perth,
evermore you must part
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