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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"On Whom the Moon Doth Shine"
Theatre of Tragedy
Velvet Darkness They Fear (1996)
Intro:
H H H Q Q Q Q Q Q
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Q Q Q Q Q Q H
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Am C Em
"O soft embalmer of ye still midnight,
Am C Em G
Allow me thee to adown,
Am C Em
Of any sort thou fancieth;
Am C Em G
Each holdeth its own fancy, I say -
Am C Em G
Yet the pleasure we partake in
Am C Em G
Was caus'd by the fang'd grin,
Am C Em G
Save!, do I for him anger hold?
Am C Em G
Nay - I knew I was fey!"
Am C Em
"Had I what it taketh I would do;
Am C Em G
I sense - I cannot sense,
Am C Em
I am - yet! I am not -
Am C
Once I kiss'd the image
Em G
Of the Seven Angels of Death..."
Am C Em G
"Yet as thou so didst,
Am C Em
On my lips a kiss landéd,
G Am C Em
And with the shadows blendéd
G Am Em G
The tendermost silken mourn;
Gm
Eb Cm Bb Gm Eb Cm Bb
In which the light hidden is -
Gm Eb
Yon Hell's brazen doors
Cm Bb Gm Eb Cm Bb
Wrothfully it trieth to push."
Gm
Eb Cm Bb
"Then, lo! the Black Death,
Gm Eb Cm Bb
Serpent-like 'twixt the breasts crept;
Gm Eb Cm
Hush'd with a gasp of life's breath,
Bb Gm Eb Cm Bb
Together red tears we wept - in vain,
Gm Eb Cm Bb
And pass'd the procession of dancers dead -
Gm Eb Cm Bb
As in darkness were we lock'd in wed."
Gm
Eb Cm Bb Gm
I kiss'd the Seven Angels of Death."
Eb Cm Bb
"And Hell open'd its doors,
Gm Eb
Yet what was 'fore my eyes
Cm Bb Gm
But if not the brightest light."
Eb Cm Bb Dm
"But if not, but if not the brightest light."
( D5 B5 A5 G5 )
Theatre of Tragedy
Velvet Darkness They Fear (1996)
Intro:
H H H Q Q Q Q Q Q
E||--------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
B||--------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
G||--------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
D||--------------------|----------------3----|--2----3----2----0----|
A||--0--------0--------|--3--------3---------|----------------------|
E||--------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
Q Q H H H H Q Q
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--2----0----2--------|--------------------|----------------3----|
---------------------|--0--------0--------|--3--------3---------|
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Q Q Q Q Q Q H
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----------------------|--0----0----2--------||
--2----3----2----3----|---------------------||
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Am C Em
"O soft embalmer of ye still midnight,
Am C Em G
Allow me thee to adown,
Am C Em
Of any sort thou fancieth;
Am C Em G
Each holdeth its own fancy, I say -
Am C Em G
Yet the pleasure we partake in
Am C Em G
Was caus'd by the fang'd grin,
Am C Em G
Save!, do I for him anger hold?
Am C Em G
Nay - I knew I was fey!"
Am C Em
"Had I what it taketh I would do;
Am C Em G
I sense - I cannot sense,
Am C Em
I am - yet! I am not -
Am C
Once I kiss'd the image
Em G
Of the Seven Angels of Death..."
Am C Em G
"Yet as thou so didst,
Am C Em
On my lips a kiss landéd,
G Am C Em
And with the shadows blendéd
G Am Em G
The tendermost silken mourn;
Gm
Eb Cm Bb Gm Eb Cm Bb
In which the light hidden is -
Gm Eb
Yon Hell's brazen doors
Cm Bb Gm Eb Cm Bb
Wrothfully it trieth to push."
Gm
Eb Cm Bb
"Then, lo! the Black Death,
Gm Eb Cm Bb
Serpent-like 'twixt the breasts crept;
Gm Eb Cm
Hush'd with a gasp of life's breath,
Bb Gm Eb Cm Bb
Together red tears we wept - in vain,
Gm Eb Cm Bb
And pass'd the procession of dancers dead -
Gm Eb Cm Bb
As in darkness were we lock'd in wed."
Gm
Eb Cm Bb Gm
I kiss'd the Seven Angels of Death."
Eb Cm Bb
"And Hell open'd its doors,
Gm Eb
Yet what was 'fore my eyes
Cm Bb Gm
But if not the brightest light."
Eb Cm Bb Dm
"But if not, but if not the brightest light."
( D5 B5 A5 G5 )
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