Death Of Emmett Till chords by
Joan Baez

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Key: D major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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Folks, listen to this story,

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it's one the world should know

Of a Negro boy, fourteen,

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named Emmett Till

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From Chicago to Mississippi

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to see his uncle Mose

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We won't see little

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Emmett anymore

Verse 2

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Emmett Till, Emmett Till

His name will be a legend,

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we all know

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From Chicago to Mississippi

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to see his uncle Mose

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We won't see little Emmett

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anymore

Verse 3

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Few days in Tallahassee,

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Emmett with his little pals

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To Money, Mississippi,

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grocery store to buy

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They bought bubble gum and candy

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from the wo man in the store

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They turned to leave,

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little Emmett said, "Goodbye"

Verse 4

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His little pals said to him, "What you

mean there, sayin' goodbye

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To the woman in Money grocery store"

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They said, "She's good lookin'",

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Emmett said, "Oohoo, you're right"

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And that remark cost

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Emmett Till his life

Verse 5

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Emmett Till, Emmett Till

His name will be a legend,

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we all know

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From Chicago to Mississippi

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to see his uncle Mose

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We won't see little Emmett

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anymore

Verse 6

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'Twas on the following Sunday,

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they say about two a.m.

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Two bad men came and

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knocked on Mose's door

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They said to uncle Mose,

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"We've come to get the boy

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He whistled at that woman, he

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must go"

Verse 7

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He was taken to a stable,

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beat and shot right through the head

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All one could hear were blows

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and Emmett's cries

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Last words were, "Mama, save me,

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have mercy on me, Lord"

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The blows still fell, but

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little Emmett had died

Verse 8

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Emmett Till, Emmett Till

His name will be a legend,

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we all know

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From Chicago to Mississippi

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to see his uncle Mose

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We won't see little Emmett anymore

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Verse 9

Weights were placed upon his

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body, in the river they did fling

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Believing their foolish

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crime they'd hide

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But in time the body came afloat,

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still wearing daddy's ring

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Ring and feet un cle Mose

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identified

Verse 10

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The bad men went to trial,

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sat and grinned and smoked and chewed

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As the fearful witnesses all did testify

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Jury out sixty- five minutes,

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returned verdict in hand

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"Not guilty",

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was their very prompt reply

Verse 11

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Emmett Till, Emmett Till

His name will be a legend,

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we all know

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From Chicago to Mississippi

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to see his uncle Mose

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We won't see little Emmett anymore

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No, we won't see

little Emmett anymore

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