Hank Snow - Tragic Romance Chords

[Intro]
| A7 | D |
 
[Verse 1]
D                           G
Nestled in the heart of the Tennessee hills
A                               A7           D
Midst peaceful pines, among the rocks and the rills
      D                         G
There stands my old homestead of long, long ago
   A                                A7              D
It brings back fond memories of the one that I loved so
 
[Verse 2]
      D                    G
Well I courted a maiden so sweet and so fair
     A                      A7            D
With heavenly eyes and with chestnut brown hair
    D                        G
She told me she loved me and that she'd be mine
    A                   A7               D
But I went and left her standing there behind
 
[Verse 3]
     D                        G
I'll tell you the reason that I left her there
   A                            A7          D
To roam this old world with its sorrows and cares
  D                        G
I saw her one night in the arms of a man
A                      A7          D
Huggin' and kissin' as true lovers can
 
[Verse 4]
  D                      G
I went to my home with a heart full of woe
  A                      A7          D
I packed by belongin's determined to go
    D                         G
For many long years, this old world I did roam
     A                         A7                D
With thoughts of my darlin' my sweetheart and my own
 
[Break]
| D | G | A | A7 D |
| D | G | A | A7 D |
 
[Verse 5]
      D                   G
While dining one day in a little country town
  A                         A7             D
A stranger walked in and he chanced to sit down
      D                       G
While talkin' of loved ones I happened to find
     A                       A7            D
That his sister was that old sweetheart of mine
 
[Verse 6]
     D                    G
When he heard my story to me he then said
    A                        A7             D
The one you left there has a long time been dead
    D                      G
She waited so long for the day that you'd return
    A                        A7        D
But why you had left her she never did learn
 
[Verse 7]
    D                     G
Now I am the man that you saw that fatal night
A                         A7        D
Wrapped in the arms of my sister so tight
    D                       G
She loved you so dearly but you broke her heart
    A                       A7            D
For stranger, from her ever more you must part