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Tried So Hard

[Gene Clark]

Sandy Denny, vocals; Ian Matthews, vocals; Richard Thompson, electric guitar; Simon Nicol, acoustic guitar; Ashley Hutchings, bass guitar; Martin Lamble, drums.

Fairport Convention recorded Gene Clark’s song Tried So Hard on 27 December 1968 in BBC Studio 4, Maida Vale, for the David Symonds Show; it was broadcast on 8 January 1969 with a repeat on 22 January 1969. The track was released on the Heyday cassette and both CD versions.

Lyrics

Fairport Convention sing Tried So Hard

Stopped awhile this morning on my way back home
I had to realise this time that I’d be all alone
’Cause she’s moving somewhere far away not slow
And though I tried so hard to please her
She said she really had to go

Even though this time it really hurts me bad
I’ve been through similarities it’s not the first break I’ve had
And I just can’t let it bring me down too low
’Cause I tried so hard to please her
There must be something more to know

Never thought that we would find our end this way
It seemed that everything was going fine
Still with all the things that I can do or say
It won’t change the fate I know so well is mine

So I’ll stop again and look right past the pain
Because I’ve been in love before and I can love again
While she’s moving somewhere far away not slow
Although I tried so hard to please her
She said she really had to go

(repeat first verse)