Chords for Folk Alley Sessions: The Murphy Beds - "Young Emily"
Tempo:
161.05 bpm
Chords used:
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F#m
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Jam Along & Learn...
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Young Emily was a servant [F#] maid, Her love a [Bm] sailor bold,
main [F#] much gold to gain, For Emily, as [B] we're told,
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[C#]
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[Bm]
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Young Emily was a servant [F#] maid, Her love a [Bm] sailor bold,
main [F#] much gold to gain, For Emily, as [B] we're told,
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Young Emily was a servant [F#] maid, Her love a [Bm] sailor _ bold,
He ploughed the main [F#] much gold to gain, For Emily, as [B] we're told,
_ [C#m] _ _ _ [Bm] _
Six long years were over, _ Young [F#] Edmund he came home,
With all he'd gained upon the main, And down in the [B] lowlands low,
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Her father kept a tavern, _ [F#] That stood down by [Bm] the sea,
Said, Emily [F#] may enter it, And there this night [Bm] can't stay, _ _ _ _ _
I'll meet you in the morning, _ [F#] Don't let my [Bm] parents know,
_ Your name it [F#] is, Young _ Edmund, That [F#m] ploughed the [B] lowlands low,
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After drinking, _ [F#] from drinking [Bm] to sleep, _ Not knowing that [F#] they swore that night,
[C#m] He'd slumber [B] in the [F#] deep, _
_ _ [Bm] _ They stabbed and dragged him from his bed,
[F#] And to the [Bm] beach did go, _ And sent his [F#] body _ sinking,
_ Down in the _ lowlands low, _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
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_ [A] _ [B] _ _ As Emily lay sleeping,
[F#] She dreamed a _ [Bm] frightful _ dream, She dreamed she saw [F#] her own true love,
[F#m] Her blood from [B] him did [F#] stream, _ _ _ _ [B] She started at the break of day,
To her father's home, [E] _ [B] Inquiring for [F#] her _ Edmund,
That ploughed the [B] lowlands low, _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ [B] _ Father where's the _ stranger,
[F#] That came last [Bm] night to lie, _ He is dead, no tales he'll [F#m] tell,
Her father did [B] _
reply, [F#] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ Father cruel father,
_ [B] You'll die in a [Bm] public show, For the murder of [F#] my own true love,
That ploughed the lowlands low, _ _ _
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Said Emily I will _ wander,
[F#] By yon [Bm] stormy _ wave, For my true [F#] love lies under,
That ploughed the [B] seas so [F#] brave, _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ Cruel was my _ father,
[F#] He proved my [Bm] overthrow, _ _ He took the gold [F#m] from him so bold,
That ploughed [D] the lowlands [B] low, _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] The fish that swim in the ocean,
_ [F#] Swim over my [Bm] love's _ breast, His body's in a gentle _ _
[F#] motion,
I hope his [B]
soul's at _ [F#] rest, _ _ _ [Bm] The trees on yonder _ mountain,
[F#] Are bending [B] to and fro, _ They remind me of my [A] own true love,
That ploughed the [B] lowlands low. _ _ _
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Young Emily was a servant [F#] maid, Her love a [Bm] sailor _ bold,
He ploughed the main [F#] much gold to gain, For Emily, as [B] we're told,
_ [C#m] _ _ _ [Bm] _
Six long years were over, _ Young [F#] Edmund he came home,
With all he'd gained upon the main, And down in the [B] lowlands low,
_ [A] _ [G#] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [Bm] _ _
Her father kept a tavern, _ [F#] That stood down by [Bm] the sea,
Said, Emily [F#] may enter it, And there this night [Bm] can't stay, _ _ _ _ _
I'll meet you in the morning, _ [F#] Don't let my [Bm] parents know,
_ Your name it [F#] is, Young _ Edmund, That [F#m] ploughed the [B] lowlands low,
[A] _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
After drinking, _ [F#] from drinking [Bm] to sleep, _ Not knowing that [F#] they swore that night,
[C#m] He'd slumber [B] in the [F#] deep, _
_ _ [Bm] _ They stabbed and dragged him from his bed,
[F#] And to the [Bm] beach did go, _ And sent his [F#] body _ sinking,
_ Down in the _ lowlands low, _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
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[F#] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
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[F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [A] _ [B] _ _ As Emily lay sleeping,
[F#] She dreamed a _ [Bm] frightful _ dream, She dreamed she saw [F#] her own true love,
[F#m] Her blood from [B] him did [F#] stream, _ _ _ _ [B] She started at the break of day,
To her father's home, [E] _ [B] Inquiring for [F#] her _ Edmund,
That ploughed the [B] lowlands low, _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ [B] _ Father where's the _ stranger,
[F#] That came last [Bm] night to lie, _ He is dead, no tales he'll [F#m] tell,
Her father did [B] _
reply, [F#] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ Father cruel father,
_ [B] You'll die in a [Bm] public show, For the murder of [F#] my own true love,
That ploughed the lowlands low, _ _ _
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Said Emily I will _ wander,
[F#] By yon [Bm] stormy _ wave, For my true [F#] love lies under,
That ploughed the [B] seas so [F#] brave, _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ Cruel was my _ father,
[F#] He proved my [Bm] overthrow, _ _ He took the gold [F#m] from him so bold,
That ploughed [D] the lowlands [B] low, _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] The fish that swim in the ocean,
_ [F#] Swim over my [Bm] love's _ breast, His body's in a gentle _ _
[F#] motion,
I hope his [B]
soul's at _ [F#] rest, _ _ _ [Bm] The trees on yonder _ mountain,
[F#] Are bending [B] to and fro, _ They remind me of my [A] own true love,
That ploughed the [B] lowlands low. _ _ _
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