Emily Shore 1819-1839 chords by The Handsome Family

Chords with lyrics

G+G

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She'd been coughing up blood since the dogwoods bloomed
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Seventeen that spring and confined to her room
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At night her heart pounded against her chest
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Death, like a bird, was building its nest

   D MajorD           A minorAm
And so, on the last day of her short life,
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Emily called for her father's penknife
   D MajorD              A minorAm
She sawed at her head till the floor pooled with hair
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and braided a watch chain for father to wear

    G+G                   E minorEm
She'd laughed at the graveyard on one sip of wine
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and kept a pet duck till the cat crushed its spine
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But, waltzing one night in a red velvet dress,
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she noticed a whistling down in her chest

   D MajorD           A minorAm
And so, on the last day of her short life,
C majorC           G+G
Emily called for her father's penknife
   D MajorD              A minorAm
She sawed at her head till the floor pooled with hair
   C majorC            E minorEm
and braided a watch chain for father to wear

 G+G                     E minorEm
Propped up on pillows, she watched the snow fall,
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trying to picture an end to it all
   G+G                  E minorEm
By spring there'd be picnics and merry-go-rounds,
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but she'd be nothing but bones in the ground

   D MajorD           A minorAm
And so, on the last day of her short life,
C majorC           G+G
Emily called for her father's penknife
   D MajorD              A minorAm
She sawed at her head till the floor pooled with hair
   C majorC            E minorEm
and braided a watch chain for father to wear