Emmylou Harris - My Name Is Emmett Till

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my name is emmett till – emmylou harris
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tabbed by : maguri
tuning : standard

emmylou harris
my name is emmett till ( 2011 )
( emmylou harris )

from : “hard bargain”

sounds like harris uses an open – D tuning here . if you don’t want to retune
so many strings : drop – D is close .

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drop – D chords

E – B – G – D – A – D
D 2 – 3 – 2 – 0 – 0 – 0
G 3 – 3 – 0 – 0 – 5 – 5
A 0 – 2 – 2 – 2 – 0 –
xbm 2 – 3 – 4 – 4 – 2 –

x – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

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D
i was born a black boy
G
my name is emmett till
A
walked this earth for 14 years
G D
one night i was killed
D
for speaking to a woman
G
whose skin was white as dough
D
that’s a sin in mississippi
D A
but how was i to know?

D
i’d come down from chicago
G
to visit with my kin
A
up there i was a cheeky kid
G D
i guess i always been
D
but the harm they put upon me
G
was too hard for what i done
D
for i was just a black boy
A D
i never hurt no one

D G D
oh oh oh oh oh oh
D A D
oh oh oh oh oh oh

D
they took me from my uncle’s house
G
mose wright was his name
A G
he’d be later standing without hesitation
D
point the blame
D
at the ones who beat and cut me
G
and shot me with a gun
D
and threw me in the river
D A
like i was trash when they were done

D
i was sent back to my mother
G
at least what was left of me
A
she kept my casket open
G D
for the whole wide world to see
D
the awful desecration
G
and the evidence of hate
D
you could not recognize me
A D
the mutilation was so great

Bm
became a cry for justice then
A
to be finally fulfilled
G D
all because of me , a black boy
A D
my name was emmett till

D G D
oh oh oh oh oh oh
D A D
oh oh oh oh oh oh

D G D
oh oh oh oh oh oh
D A D
oh oh oh oh oh oh

D
oh , that i had rather lived
G
till i was too old to die young
A
not miss all i left behind
G D
all that might have come
D
summer clouds above my head
G
the grass beneath my feet
D
the warmth of a good woman
D A
her kisses soft and sweet

D
perhaps to be a father
G
with a black boy of my own
A G
watch him grow into a kinder world
D
than i had known
D
where no child would be murdered
G
for the color of his skin
D
and love would be the only thing
A D
inside the hearts of men

Bm
they say the horror of that night
A
is haunting heaven still
G D
where i Am one more black boy
A D
my name is emmett till

D G D
oh oh oh oh oh oh
D A D
oh oh oh oh oh oh

D G D
oh oh oh oh oh oh
D A D
oh oh oh oh oh oh