emma rose Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][F][C][D]

[Verse 1]
[G]When
Emma
Rose was [D]ten years old,
[C]her father passed awa[G]y.
[Em]She cried to think he'd [A]never
see her [C]on her wedding [D]day.
An[G]d then her mother sickened
[D]and lef[C]t her on her own[G]
Saying,
[Am]Emma
Rose, it [F]grieves me to
[C]leave you so [D]alone
[G]How long, [D]how long will it [C]be
till you're [D]returning?
[G]How [B]long, how[Em] long must I[C]
keep the candles burn[D]ing?
[G]When
Emma
Rose was [D]sixteen years,
[C]she was courted and wed[G]
[Em]By
Danny
Jay, the [A]neighbor boy,
a [C]fine young man they [D]said
An[G]d in the flowering o[D]f their l[C]ove,
Emma had a [G]son
And
[Am]Danny left one [F]morning before
the [C]rising of the [D]sun
[G]How long, how[D] long will it be[C]
till you're [D]returning?
[G]How [B]long, how[Em] long must I[C]
keep the candles burn[D]ing?
[G]The years went by and
[D]Emma
Rose grew bit[C]ter in her [G]grief
[Em]Of all the men that ca[A]me and went,
[C]none gave her any pea[D]ce
An[G]d even age could n[D]ot erase
[C]the beauty in her [G]face
But
[Am]Emma
Rose had [F]eyes for one who
[C]left without a [D]trace
And tell [G]me, how long,
[D]how long will it [C]be till you're [D]return[G]ing?
[B]How long, [Em]how long must [C]I keep
the candles burn[D]ing?
[G]Emma lives [D]alone now,
[C]the child is grown and [G]gone
[Em]Some say they see [A]her now and then
on the [C]day she goes to [D]town
An[G]d if you're traveling north,
[D]there's a mai[C]lbox on the road
[G]And all[Am] it says is
[F]Em ma
Rose, in let[C]ters faint and [D]old
[G]How long, [D]how long will it [C]be
till you're [D]returning?
[G]How [B]long, how[Em] long must
[C]I keep the candles burni[D]ng?