Emma Rose Chords by Kate Wolf

[Bm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] _
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[A] _ When Emma [E] Rose was 10 years [D] old, her father passed [A] away.
_ [F#m] _ She cried to [B] think he'd never see [D] her on her wedding [E] day. _
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And then her [E] mother _ _ [D] sickened and left her on [A] her own, [B] saying,
Emma Rose, [G] it grieves me [D] to leave you so [E] alone.
_ [G] _ [E] _
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How [E] long, how [D] long will it be till [E] you're [A] returning?
_ [C#m] _ How [F#m] long, how long [D] must I keep the [E] candles burning? _ _ _
_ _ _ [A] When Emma [E] Rose was 16 [D] years, she was [A] courted and wed
[G#m]
[F#m] by Danny Jay, [B] the neighbor [Bm] boy, a fine [D] young man, [E] they said.
_ And _
_ _ [A] _ in the [E] flowering of their [D] love, Emma had [A] a son. _
[B] And Danny left [G] one morning [D] before the rising of [E] the sun. _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ How [E] long, how long [D] will it be till you're [E] _ [A] returning?
[C#] _
_ How [F#m] long, how long [D] must I keep the candles [E] burning? _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] The years went [E] by, and Emma Rose [D] grew bitter in [A] her grief. _ _
[F#m] Of all the men [B] that came and [D] went, none gave her [E] any peace.
[C#] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] And even age [E] could not erase [D] the beauty in her [A] face.
_ [F#m]
[Bm] But Emma Rose [G] had eyes for [D] one who left without [E] a trace. _ _
And tell [A] me, how [E] long, how long [D] will it be till you're [E] _ [A] returning?
[C#] _
_ How [F#m] long, how long [D] must I keep the [E] candles burning?
[B] _ [C#] _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ Emma [E] lives alone now.
_ [D] The child is grown [A] and gone. _ _
[F#m] Some [B] say they see her now and [D] then on the day she goes [E] to town.
And _ _
_ _ [A] _ if you're traveling [C#m] [E] north, _ [D] there's a mailbox on the [A] road.
_ [B]
And all it [G] says is Emma Rose [D] in letters faint [E] and old.
[Bm] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ How [E] long, how long [D] will it be till [E] you're [A] returning? _
_ [C#] How [F#m] long, how long [D] must I keep the [E] candles burning? _ _ _ _
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