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[Verse]
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There's many great loves in history that we know about
                                             
But a tale of two lovers that was told to me

Makes me want to scream and shout
     Am
Like Romeo and Juliet
  D
A love story you won't forget

[Chorus]
(D)     G                                   C
Tell me why, tell me why did they destroy a love like that?
        G                                         C
Tell me why, tell me why, tell me why did they do that?

[Verse]
G
Snowball Roach and Nellie Austin said that they loved each other well

Oh and I don't think that they argued often

But somebody broke the spell
          Am
Yeah they broke the spell and broke their hearts
D
And they drifted far apart

[Chorus]
(D)     G                                   C
Tell me why, tell me why did they destroy a love like that?
        G                                         C
Tell me why, tell me why, tell me why did they do that?

[Bridge]
(C)       G
Well they tore two hearts apart
                       C
Left them bleeding all alone
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And they threw them in a river made of stone

Oh they're dead now

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[Verse]
G
He was from the Bundjalung clan and she was Kirrae Whurrong

He was a big strong fighting man and she was proud and strong
          Am
And their love was great and their love was free
         D
But what happened to them was a tragedy

[Chorus]
(D)         G                                   C
And tell me why, tell me why did they destroy a love like that?
        G                                         C
Tell me why, tell me why, tell me why did they do that?

[Bridge]
(C)       G
Well they tore two hearts apart
                       C
Left them bleeding all alone
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And they threw them in the river made of stone

[Outro]
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Made of stone
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Made of stone
G
Made of stone (Yeah)
G
Made of stone
G
Made of stone
G
(Yeah, they threw them in the river)
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Made of stone
G
Made of stone
G
(Yeah, they threw them in)
G
Made of stone