23 May 05 - 01:05 AM (#1490996)
Subject: Lyr Add: Dido & Aeneas Highlights Purcell
From: chico
Ok, this is crazy. . . Late 17th century English opera as guitar chords? Yep
Think of it as an experiment.
Purcell - (Dido & Aeneas) 04 When Monarchs Unite (Am).txt
Purcell - (Dido & Aeneas) 06 Fear no danger to ensue.txt
Purcell - (Dido & Aeneas) 10 Pursue My Conquest Love.txt
Purcell - (Dido & Aeneas) 11 To the hills and the vales.txt
Purcell - (Dido & Aeneas) 28 Come Away, Follow Sailors.txt
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* * *
Am E Am Dm B° E7 Am E
When monarchs unite, how happy their state;
Am E Am G C F (Dm) G C
They triumph at once o'er their foes and their fate
G C E Dm E Am E7 Am
They triumph, they triumph at once o'er their foes and their fate
* * *
C Am G A Dm
|: Fear no danger to ensue,
G7 C Dm G Dm G7 C
The hero loves as well as you. :|
G C F C G E F/Am
Ever gentle, ever smiling,
F Dm Am Em F Dm G
And the cares of life beguiling,
Fear no danger to ensue,
The hero loves as well as you.
C F G C F D
Cupids strew your path with flowers
G Em Am D G D C
Gather'd from Elysian bowers.
|: Fear no danger to ensue,
The hero loves as well as you. :| (x3)
Ever gentle. . .
Fear no danger. . .
Cupids strew. . .
Fear no danger. . .
* * *
RECIT:
Em C E7 Am
If not for mine, for empire's sake, some pity on your lover take;
A D G C D G C G D7 G
Ah! Ah! make not in a hopeless fire; a hero fall, and Troy once more expire.
AIR--Allegro Moderato (Key Change, Intro: C G C)
C
Pursue thy conquest, Love, Pursue thy conquest, Love
G C G (Am G) C/Em Dm G7 C
Pursue, pursue, pursue thy conquest, pursue thy conquest, love.
G C G C/Em Dm G7 C
Pursue thy conquest, pursue thy conquest, love.
D/F#° G Dm C Am G
Her eyes confess the flame, Her eyes confess the flame her tongue denies.
C D E Am E7 C E F D7? E Am
Her eyes confess the flame, Her eyes confess the flame her tongue denies
C
Pursue thy conquest, Love, Pursue thy conquest, Love
G C G C G Em Dm G7 C
Pursue, pursue, pursue thy conquest, pursue thy conquest, love.
G C G C G Am Dm C Dm G7 C
Pursue thy conquest love, pursue thy conquest, love.
(A Dance: Guitars Chacony)
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C G7 C G C F G
To the hills and the vales, to the rocks and the mountains,
C D Gm D G
To the musical groves and the cool shady fountains
G C F C F Am G7 C (Interlude end in G)
Let the triumphs, Let the triumphs, of Love and of beauty be shown;
G C E Am E Am F Am E Am
Let the triumphs, Let the tri------umphs, of Love and of beauty be shown;
To the hills and the vales, to the rocks and the mountains,
To the musical groves and the cool shady fountains
G C F C7 Dm C F
Let the triumphs, Let the triumphs, of Love and of beauty be shown;
Dm G7 Am C F Dm G7 C
|: (BASS: Go revel) Go revel, ye Cupids, go revel, go revel, ye Cupids go revel, the day is your own :|
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A E? A E F#m A D A E A/F#m
Come away, fellow sailors, come away, your anchors be weighing,
A E A B E
Time and tide will admit no delaying;
C#7 F#m Bm F#7 Bm
Take a bouzy short leave of your nymphs on the shore,
Em F#7 G F# F#m? B? Em F#
And silence their mourning with vows of returning,
B F#7 B C#7 F# A C#7 F#m
Tho' never intending to visit them more.
C#m D F#7 Bm E
Tho' never intending to visit them more.
A E A E D A G#° A
Tho' never, tho' never intending to visit them more.
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