La Fère de Couer

Words and music by Rhodri James
based on The Three Musketeers
A MIDI file (4Kb) and GIF of the manuscript (9Kb) of this song are available.

I'd apologise for the puns, but I wouldn't mean it.


        Intro: Am  Asus2  Am  Asus2

        Am             Asus2           Am        Asus2 Am
        There was a time when life was good to me.
              Dm                E
        I was young and full of joy,
                Dm               Em               Am Asus4 Am Asus2
        And the days were summer-scented, rich as wine.
        Am          Asus2          Am         Asus2 Am
        Noble of birth and dealing honorably,
                  Dm            E
        It seemed God was on my side,
              Dm         Em             Am Asus4 Am Asus2
        As if anything I wanted, it was mine.
        
                   A              AM7
        	My love was at my side,
                    A6                     A              B
        	And Love brought dreams of sunshine to my joyous heart.
                   E                 E7
        	My lady and my love,
                                    A    A6
        	We vowed we'd never part.
                    A                 AM7
        	And though she had no name,
                   A6        A                B
        	No family or honour she could bring to me
                  E                   E7
        	I offered her my own,
                                       Am  Asus4  Am  Asus2 
        	That married we should be.
        
        Ah! foolish love, how blind your guiding hand,
        For my lady-love, my wife,
        Proved false to me, a bitter treachery.
        Fallen, I was she bore a traitor's brand;
        The demands of honour plain,
        I left her body hanging on a tree.
        
                Instrumental

        Am            Asus2               Am         Asus2 Am
        There was a time when life seemed good to me;
                Dm               E
        Now the brightest summer wine
            Dm             Em           Am Asus4 Am Asus2 Am
        Can never melt the winter in my heart.

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        Key Am
        Time 2/2

        e c- d- E_ | e d e g | a. g- E | R.
        b`- c- | d. c- b` a` | B`.
        b`- c- | d. c- b` a` | b` c b` g` | A`+ | R! |
        e c- d- E_ | e d e g | a. g- E | R.
        b`- c- | d. c- b` a` | B`.
        b`- c- | d. c- b` a` | b` c b` g` | A`+ | R.

        [Key A]
        e | e. a- a b | C'.
        c' | c' b b a | c' b b a | b c' F_ | F r
        e | e. g- g a | B+ | R.
        b | c' b a g | A+ | R.
        e | e. a- a b | C'.
        c' | c' b b a | c' b b a | b c' F_ | F r
        e | e. g- g a | B+ | R.
        b | c' b a g | [Key Am] A+ | R! ||