Emma chords by Hot Chocolate

...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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  A    G

 EADGBE EADGBE
 x02220 320003


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2014 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)