Emma Rose

INTRO: Am  F  C  D7    G

                   D             C
When Emma Rose was ten years old, 
                   G   ~ Em
her father passed away
                        A        
She cried to think he'd never see 
     C              D7      G
her on her wedding day
                    D           
And then her mother sickened and 
 C               G
left her on her own
         Am            F          
Saying, "Emma Rose, it grieves me 
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to leave you so alone"


CHORUS:
          D                 C     
How long, how long, will it be 
           D   G     B
'til you're returning?
          Em             C        
How long, how long, must I keep 
          D7            G
the candles burning?


                   D             C
When Emma Rose was sixteen years, 
                    G   ~ Em
she was courted and wed
                 A                
By Danny Jay the neighbour boy, a 
C                   D7      G
fine young man they said
                     D             
And in the flowering of their love,
C           G
 Emma had a son
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Am             F                  
Danny left one morning before the 
C             D       G
rising of the sun


CHORUS:
          D                 C     
How long, how long, will it be 
           D   G     B
'til you're returning?
          Em             C        
How long, how long, must I keep 
          D7            G
the candles burning?


                      D            
The years went by and Emma Rose 
  C             G     ~ Em
grew bitter in her grief
                   A             C
Of all the men who came and went, 
                  D7       G
none gave her any peace
                   D        C  
And even age could not erase the 
                G
beauty in her face
    Am            F                
But Emma Rose had eyes for one who 
C              D
left without a trace
            G
And tell me


CHORUS:
          D                 C     
How long, how long, will it be 
           D   G     B
'til you're returning?
          Em             C        
How long, how long, must I keep 
          D7            G
the candles burning?


            D        C            
Emma lives alone now, the child is
           G    ~ Em
 grown and gone
                      A            
Some say they see her now and then 
       C                D7      G
on the days she goes to town
                     D             
If you're travelling north, there's
   C              G
 a mailbox on the road
    Am              F             
And all it says is 'Emma Rose' in 
C                 D      G
letters faint and old


CHORUS:
          D                 C     
How long, how long, will it be 
           D   G     B
'til you're returning?
          Em             C        
How long, how long, must I keep 
          D7
the candles burning?