...EMMA... by Hot Chocolate
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*Released 1974*
Intro:
A G, A (x4)
Verse 1:
A G
We were together since we were five,
A
She was so pretty; Emma was a star in everyone's eyes,
G
And when she said she'd be a movie queen, nobody laughed,
A
Her face like an angel; she could be anything.
Chorus 1:
A G
Emmalene, Emma, Emmalene,
A
I'm gonna write your name high on that silver screen.
G
Emmalene, Emma, Emmalene,
A
I'm gonna make you the biggest star this world has ever seen.
Interlude:
A G, A
Verse 2:
A G
At seventeen, we were wed,
A
And worked day and night to earn our daily bread.
G
And every day Emma would go out searching for that play,
A
That never ever came her way.
A G
You know sometimes she'd come home so depressed,
A
I'd hear her crying in the back room, feeling so distressed.
G
And I'd remember back when she was five,
A
To the words that used to make Emmalene come alive. It was...
Chorus 2:
A G
Emmalene, Emma, Emmalene,
A
I'm gonna write your name high on that silver screen.
G
Emmalene, Emma, Emmalene,
A
I'm gonna make you the biggest star this world has ever seen.
Interlude:
A G, A (x4)
Verse 3:
A G
It was cold and dark De-cember night,
A
When I opened the bedroom door,
G
To find her lying still and cold up-on the bed;
A
A love letter lying on the bedroom floor.
A G
It read; "Darling, I love you,
A
But I just can't keep on living on dreams no more".
G
"I tried so very hard not to leave you alone;
A
I just can't keep on tryin' no more".
Coda:
A G A
Emma-lene,
G A
Oh, Emmalene.
G A
Emmalene...
(Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2014 ([email protected])
