#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: [email protected] (Julie Hayne) Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature Date: Mon, 05 Jul 1993 19:44:33 When the Spell is Broken, from Across a Crowded Room (may be played with low E string tuned to D; if so use low D instead of fourth string most places in the tab) Intro: Dm ---------------1-0---------------1-0---------------------------------| -------------------3-----------------3---------------3---------------| ---------------------2-----------------2-----------3---2-------------| -------------0---------0-0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-0---| ---------------------------------------------------------------------| 0-0-0-0-0-0----------------------------------------------------------| Dm When the spell is broken When the spell is broken Am How you ever gonna keep enough Gm You cant cry if you dont know how. Dm When the spell is broken When the spell is broken Am All the joy is gone from her face Gm Welcome back to the human race Am Bb How long can the flame of love remain C Bb When you curse and you fight C Bb And never see the light C Or hear a word spoken Dm When the spell is broken When the spell is broken (2nd verse) When the spell is broken All your magic and your ways and schemes All your lies come and tear at your dreams When the Spell is broken When the Spell is broken Are you handing her that same old line It's just straws in the wind this time When Love has died, there's none left starry eyed No kiss and no tears No farewell souveniers, not even a token When the Spell is broken (3rd verse) (solo) Don't swear your heart From the very start Love letters you wrote Get pushed back down your throat And leave you choking When the Spell is broken From: Harlan L Thompson WHEN THE SPELL IS BROKEN- Richard Thompson Dm Gm Dm Gm Dm When the spell is broken, when the spell is broken F Am How you ever gonna keep her now Gm You can't cry if you don't know how F Dm Gm Dm When the spell is broken, when the spell is broken F Am All the joy it is gone from her face Gm Welcome back to the human race Am Bb How long can the flame of love remain C Bb C Bb When you curse and fight and never see like C Or hear a like spoken Dm When the spell is broken Gm Dm Gm (can't cry if you don't know how, can't cry if you don't know how) Dm Gm When the spell is broken (can't cry if you don't know how) Dm Oh when the spell is broken F Am All your magic and your ways and schemes All your lies come and tear at your dreams When the spell is broken (can't cry if you don't know how) When the spell is broken Are you handing her that same old line It's just straws in the wind this time When love has died, there's none left starry eyed No kiss and no tears No farewell souveniers, not even a token When the spell is broken SOLO (over Dm Gm) Am Bb Don't swear your heart from the very start Love letters you wrote Get pushed back down your throat And leave you choking When the spell is broken (when the spell when the spell when the spell) When the spell is broken When the spell is broken, when the spell is broken When the spell is broken Can't cry if you don't know how, can't cry if you don't know how Can't cry if you don't know how, can't cry if you don't know how NOTE: I believe I found a few more chords and reordered the words a bit, but in general this is a rip off of the previous version. (from Across a Crowded Room, 1985) (sent by Harlan at [email protected])
