/ Heather Nova / This song was originally composed in 1933 by Hungarian / Gloomy Sunday / composer Rezső Seress with lyrics by his friend and poet / South / Ladislas Jávor apparently after breaking up with his /________________/ girlfriend. In the U.S. it was often known just as the "Hungarian suicide song". On Rezső's 69th birthday in '68 he committed suicide himself. Intro: | Ebmaj7 | C7sus2 | Interlude: | Gm7 |
1st Verse: | Ebmaj7 | | D | | D | | D7/gb | 2nd Verse: | Ebmaj7 | (break) | D | | gb | Interlude: | Gm7 | 3rd Verse: similar to 1st Verse 4th Verse: similar to 2nd Verse, but with only 1 bar of D+5/gb Interlude: | Cdim | Bridge: | D/g | | D+5 | | Em7 | | D7 | 5th Verse: similar to 4th Verse Outro: ||: Gm7 :|| (reapeat till fade out) - 9th /June /08