{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1879314,"song":"Fatal Wedding","artist":"Gussie Davis","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11421999-fatal-wedding-chords-by-gussie-davis/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1879314?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe wedding bells were ringing on a moonlit winter's night[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe church was decorated, all within was gay and bright.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA woman with a baby came and saw the lights aglow,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe thought of how those same bells chimed for her three years ago.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'd like to be admitted, sir, she told the sexton old[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJust for the sake of baby to protect him from the cold.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe told her that the wedding was for the rich and grand,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd with the eager watching crowd, she'd have to outside stand.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhile the wedding bells were ringing,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhile the bride and groom were there,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nMarching up the aisle together,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhile the organ pealed an air;[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd tales of fond affection,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nVowing never more to part,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust another fatal wedding,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust another broken heart.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe asked the sexton once again to let her pass inside.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"For baby's sake you may step in,\" the gray-haired man replied[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"If any one knows reason why this couple should not wed,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSpeak now, or forever hold your peace:\" is what the preacher said![/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"I must object,\" the woman cried, with voice so meek and mild[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"The bridegroom is my husband, sir, and this our little child.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"What proof have you?\" the preacher said. \"My infant,\" she replied[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe raised her babey, knelt to pray, the little one had died.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhile the wedding bells were ringing,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhile the bride and groom were there,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nMarching up the aisle together,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhile the organ pealed an air;[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd tales of fond affection,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nVowing never more to part,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust another fatal wedding,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust another broken heart.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe parents of the bride then took the outcast by the arm.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\"We'll care for you through life,\" they said, \"you've saved our child from harm.\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe outcast wife, the bride and parents, quickly drove away,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe husband died by his own hand, before the break of day![/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                                        [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNo wedding feast was spread that night, two graves were made next day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOne for the little baby, and in one the father lay.[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe story has been often told, by firesides warm and bright,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOf bride and groom, an outcast, and a fatal wedding night.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhile the wedding bells were ringing,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhile the bride and groom were there,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nMarching up the aisle together,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhile the organ pealed an air;[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd tales of fond affection,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nVowing never more to part,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust another fatal wedding,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust another broken heart.[/tab]\r\n \r\ndiv\r\n\r\n\r\nWritten and composed and performed by Gussie Lord Davis (1863-1899)\r\nBest remembered for his song 'Goodnight Irene' - 1886\r\nFrom monologues.co.uk Music Hall Lyrics Collection","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \ndiv\n\n\nWritten and composed and performed by Gussie Lord Davis (1863-1899)\nBest remembered for his song 'Goodnight Irene' - 1886\nFrom monologues.co.uk Music Hall Lyrics Collection","chords":["G","C","D","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}