Biography:
Malena Ernman (born November 4, 1970 in Uppsala, Sweden) is a Swedish opera singer (mezzo-soprano) who debuted in 1998. She represented Sweden at the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "La Voix".
Educated at the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm, the Music Conservatory in Orléans, France and at the school of the Royal Swedish Opera.
Ernman is a versatile artist in her field, who outside the world of opera and operettas also has performed chansons
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This is annoying to play in all keys, so it might help to use standard D.
All chord names relative to concert tuning; play Cm like a standard-tuned Dm chord.
ORDER: I V1 C V2 C B KCC FC
[INTRO]
Cm Gm
A Dsus4 D Gm
[VERSE 1]
Gm D/F#
When times are hard you ask for sweeter tunes
Gm D/F#
When days are tough the nights bring full saloons
Bb/F C/E
But when I swing and change to minor chords
Cm/Eb Gm/D Dsus4 D
That's when the audience goes wild
[CHORUS] - start on n.c.
Gm
Here comes the tragedy
D/F#
The sound of a - gony
Dm/F
The tears you love to cry
C/E
The pain that wants no remedy
Cm7/Eb
People tell me they like me to smile
Gm/D
Bring joy and relief for awhile
A
But when all the music starts
Gm/D D
They love the sound of tragedy
Gm
Here comes the tragedy
D7/F#
The death of harmony
Dm/F
The tears you love to cry
C/E
The pain that fights serenity
Cm7/Eb
People tell me they like me to smile
Gm/D
Bring joy and relief for awhile
A Gm/D D Gm
Deep inside your heart you want the tra - ge - dy
[VERSE 2]
Gm D/F#
I walk the stage and sing you've got a friend
Gm D/F#
I find applause towards the happy end
Bb/F C/E
But when I swing and change to minor chords
Cm/Eb Gm/D Dsus4 D
That's when the audience goes wild
[CHORUS] - start on n.c.
Gm
Here comes the tragedy
D/F#
The sound of a - gony
Dm/F
The tears you love to cry
C/E
The pain that wants no remedy
Cm7/Eb
People tell me they like me to smile
Gm/D
Bring joy and relief for awhile
A Gm/D D Gm
Deep inside your heart you want the tra - ge - dy
[BRIDGE]
Eb Am7-5/C
One, I'll direct your success
F F7/Eb Bb/D
Two, every rule we transgress
Eb Am7-5/C Gm/Bb Am7-5 D/F# Gm
Three, it's the drama they bless
Eb Am7-5/C
Four, find the spleen at the core
F F7/Eb Bb/D
Five, it's the tears they adore
Eb Am7-5/C Gm/Bb Am7-5 D/F# Gm
Six, and when they weep give them more
[KEY CHANGE CHORUS]
Gm
Here comes the tragedy
D/F#
The death of har - mony
Dm/F
The tears you love to cry
C/E D
The pain that fights serenity
D# G#m
Here comes the tragedy
D#/G
The sound of a - gony
D#m/F#
The tears you love to cry
C#/E#
The pain that wants no remedy
C#m7/E
People tell me they like me to smile
G#m/D#
Bring joy and relief for awhile
A# D# G#m
Deep inside your heart you want the tragedy
[FINAL CHORUS]
G#m
Here comes the tragedy
D#/G
The death of har - mony
D#m/F#
The tears you love to cry
C#/E#
The pain that fights serenity
C#m7/E
People tell me they like me to smile
G#m/D#
Bring joy and relief for awhile
A# D# G#m G#m
Deep inside your heart you want the tragedy
All chord names relative to concert tuning; play Cm like a standard-tuned Dm chord.
ORDER: I V1 C V2 C B KCC FC
[INTRO]
Cm Gm
A Dsus4 D Gm
[VERSE 1]
Gm D/F#
When times are hard you ask for sweeter tunes
Gm D/F#
When days are tough the nights bring full saloons
Bb/F C/E
But when I swing and change to minor chords
Cm/Eb Gm/D Dsus4 D
That's when the audience goes wild
[CHORUS] - start on n.c.
Gm
Here comes the tragedy
D/F#
The sound of a - gony
Dm/F
The tears you love to cry
C/E
The pain that wants no remedy
Cm7/Eb
People tell me they like me to smile
Gm/D
Bring joy and relief for awhile
A
But when all the music starts
Gm/D D
They love the sound of tragedy
Gm
Here comes the tragedy
D7/F#
The death of harmony
Dm/F
The tears you love to cry
C/E
The pain that fights serenity
Cm7/Eb
People tell me they like me to smile
Gm/D
Bring joy and relief for awhile
A Gm/D D Gm
Deep inside your heart you want the tra - ge - dy
[VERSE 2]
Gm D/F#
I walk the stage and sing you've got a friend
Gm D/F#
I find applause towards the happy end
Bb/F C/E
But when I swing and change to minor chords
Cm/Eb Gm/D Dsus4 D
That's when the audience goes wild
[CHORUS] - start on n.c.
Gm
Here comes the tragedy
D/F#
The sound of a - gony
Dm/F
The tears you love to cry
C/E
The pain that wants no remedy
Cm7/Eb
People tell me they like me to smile
Gm/D
Bring joy and relief for awhile
A Gm/D D Gm
Deep inside your heart you want the tra - ge - dy
[BRIDGE]
Eb Am7-5/C
One, I'll direct your success
F F7/Eb Bb/D
Two, every rule we transgress
Eb Am7-5/C Gm/Bb Am7-5 D/F# Gm
Three, it's the drama they bless
Eb Am7-5/C
Four, find the spleen at the core
F F7/Eb Bb/D
Five, it's the tears they adore
Eb Am7-5/C Gm/Bb Am7-5 D/F# Gm
Six, and when they weep give them more
[KEY CHANGE CHORUS]
Gm
Here comes the tragedy
D/F#
The death of har - mony
Dm/F
The tears you love to cry
C/E D
The pain that fights serenity
D# G#m
Here comes the tragedy
D#/G
The sound of a - gony
D#m/F#
The tears you love to cry
C#/E#
The pain that wants no remedy
C#m7/E
People tell me they like me to smile
G#m/D#
Bring joy and relief for awhile
A# D# G#m
Deep inside your heart you want the tragedy
[FINAL CHORUS]
G#m
Here comes the tragedy
D#/G
The death of har - mony
D#m/F#
The tears you love to cry
C#/E#
The pain that fights serenity
C#m7/E
People tell me they like me to smile
G#m/D#
Bring joy and relief for awhile
A# D# G#m G#m
Deep inside your heart you want the tragedy
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