Chords for Emily Shore 1819-1839

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_ _ She'd been coughing blood since the dog [Em] was born.
[C]
Seventeen nights pain and pain [D] for [E] her.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] At night her heart pounded _ against [Em] her chest.
[C]
Death like a bird [D] was building [Em]
its nest. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] And so on, stay [Am] her _ short life.
_ [C] _
Emily clawed for [G] her father's pinprick.
[D] She saw the roof [Am] of the floor move in.
[C] And prayed it a once-cheap [Em] for father. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] She left that graveyard on one sip [Em] of wine.
[C] And kept the pet pup till the [D] cat [E] truck stopped.
[Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] But waltzing one night, Red [Em] found the dress.
[C] He knocked the whippling [D] down in.
[B] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] And so on, stay [Am] her _ short [E] life.
_ [C] Emily clawed for her [G] _
father's pinprick.
[D] She saw that her head turned.
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
Prayed it a once-cheap [Em] for father.
The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ pillow she watched the [Em] snow fall.
_ Trying to picture _
[D] any of it [E] all.
[Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] By spring would be picnics and merry [Em]-go-rounds.
[C] But she'd be nothing [D] but lonely.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ And so on, stay [Am] her short life.
[C] _
Emily clawed for her [G] _ father's pinprick.
[D] She saw that the [A]
floor [Am] moved in.
[C] Prayed it a once-cheap [Em] for father. _ _ _ _
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