Biography:
Theatre of Tragedy was a metal band, originally assembled in 1993 in Stavanger, Norway by Hein Frode Hansen, Raymond István Rohonyi and Lorentz Aspen, together with Tommy Lindal, Pål Bjastad, and Liv Kristine.
Their earlier albums have provided a great deal of influence to the gothic metal genre. The band was one of the first ones who made use of contrasting vocals - male bass vocals and death growls and female soprano singing.
On their first three albums (Theatre of Tragedy
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Theatre of Tragedy
"Black as the Devil Painteth"
Velvet Darkness They Fear (1996)
Obs: the chords follow Liv's singing during the duet parts
Intro:
E||--1-----------------------|--1-----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B||-----------3--------1-----|-----------3--------1-----|--3--------1--------------|--3--------1--------------|
G||-----0--0-----0--0-----0--|-----0--0-----0--0-----0--|-----3--3-----3--3-----3--|-----3--3-----3--3-----3--|
D||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
A||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
Dm Em Dm C Gm Bb Dm
An artist is what is call'd the self that the brush holdeth
Dm Em Dm C Gm Bb Dm
Though hath it then caringly caress'd the Canvas of to-morrow?
Dm Em Dm C Gm Bb Dm
O Canvas! for thee I hold my tool, still, passionlessly it quivereth
Dm Em Dm C Gm Bb Dm
Minding not that my hands are more than apt, my Muse
Gm Bb Dm C Gm Bb Dm
Where is hidden the blue-huéd arch 'neath the High Heaven's rich Em blazonry
Gm Bb Dm C Gm Bb Dm
The flowery meadow, Em brac'd by the horizon, snowflakéd and aëry mountains
Gm Bb Dm C Gm Bb Dm
In which the barebreastéd maidens dance to the lay o'midsummer
Gm Bb Dm C Gm Bb Dm
Aloft the distant lazy flapping of the doves in vainglore
( Gm Bb Dm C Gm Bb Dm )
Dm F Eb
O Canvas, wherefore canst thou these images not allow?
Dm F Eb
I de Em a projection of my Theatre they should be
Dm F Eb
Then, I challenge thee the wisdom of naysaying the yearns o' mine
Db F Eb
What is this unforseen that not enjoineth light shades to bes killfully paintéd?
( Gm Bb Dm C Gm Bb Dm )
Gm Bb Dm C Gm Bb
The raven sky prey'd on by the snowfill'd, blustery clouds
Dm Gm Bb
Unadornéd the meadow - hunger driveth the wolf out of the wood
Dm C Gm Bb
The maidens chainéd and whippéd within a dreary dungeon
Dm
And, lo! 'twixt the wizen roses a mossy grave:
Gm Bb Dm
"The Devil is as Black as he Painteth."
Gm Bb Dm
O Canvas! wherefore?
Gm Bb Dm
"The Devil is as Black as he Painteth."
Gm Bb Dm
O Canvas! wherefore?
"Black as the Devil Painteth"
Velvet Darkness They Fear (1996)
Obs: the chords follow Liv's singing during the duet parts
Intro:
E||--1-----------------------|--1-----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B||-----------3--------1-----|-----------3--------1-----|--3--------1--------------|--3--------1--------------|
G||-----0--0-----0--0-----0--|-----0--0-----0--0-----0--|-----3--3-----3--3-----3--|-----3--3-----3--3-----3--|
D||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
A||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
Dm Em Dm C Gm Bb Dm
An artist is what is call'd the self that the brush holdeth
Dm Em Dm C Gm Bb Dm
Though hath it then caringly caress'd the Canvas of to-morrow?
Dm Em Dm C Gm Bb Dm
O Canvas! for thee I hold my tool, still, passionlessly it quivereth
Dm Em Dm C Gm Bb Dm
Minding not that my hands are more than apt, my Muse
Gm Bb Dm C Gm Bb Dm
Where is hidden the blue-huéd arch 'neath the High Heaven's rich Em blazonry
Gm Bb Dm C Gm Bb Dm
The flowery meadow, Em brac'd by the horizon, snowflakéd and aëry mountains
Gm Bb Dm C Gm Bb Dm
In which the barebreastéd maidens dance to the lay o'midsummer
Gm Bb Dm C Gm Bb Dm
Aloft the distant lazy flapping of the doves in vainglore
( Gm Bb Dm C Gm Bb Dm )
Dm F Eb
O Canvas, wherefore canst thou these images not allow?
Dm F Eb
I de Em a projection of my Theatre they should be
Dm F Eb
Then, I challenge thee the wisdom of naysaying the yearns o' mine
Db F Eb
What is this unforseen that not enjoineth light shades to bes killfully paintéd?
( Gm Bb Dm C Gm Bb Dm )
Gm Bb Dm C Gm Bb
The raven sky prey'd on by the snowfill'd, blustery clouds
Dm Gm Bb
Unadornéd the meadow - hunger driveth the wolf out of the wood
Dm C Gm Bb
The maidens chainéd and whippéd within a dreary dungeon
Dm
And, lo! 'twixt the wizen roses a mossy grave:
Gm Bb Dm
"The Devil is as Black as he Painteth."
Gm Bb Dm
O Canvas! wherefore?
Gm Bb Dm
"The Devil is as Black as he Painteth."
Gm Bb Dm
O Canvas! wherefore?
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