Emily Davison chords by Greg Kihn
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Verse 1
(D major) 1, 2, 3, 4
Emily Davidson talked (E minor) to her friends
They (A major) all understood (G major) her quite clearly (D major)
She wanted to help with the means (E minor) to an end
A (A major) cause that they all (G major) loved so (D major) dearly
She was an honest girl, (E minor) never told lies
The (A major) people around (G major) her were (D major) many
They all loved each other
They (E minor) wanted what's fair and (A major) right
But they (G major) didn't get (D major) any
Nobody knows (A major) (F sharp major) why she had (B minor) to die (A major)
(B minor) What (A major) (G major) happened on that (D major) day
Nobody knows, (A major) (F sharp major) no (F sharp minor) one (B minor) can deny (A major)
(G major) Emily threw it away (D major) (G major) (A major) (D major)
The track was a circus of
(E minor) people and sounds
The (A major) race would be run (G major) on
these (D major) holy grounds
The king's horse was favored,
the (E minor) odds they were good
Emma (A major) waited (G major) and (D major) patiently stood
The world and its citizens,
(E minor) sport of the kings
Was rocked (A major) in its shoes
(G major) by the weight (D major) of the pain
The crowd had pushed itself
all (E minor) around her
Des (A major) tiny had (G major) (D major) found her
Nobody knows (A major) why (F sharp minor) she (F sharp major) (B minor) had to die
(A major) What happened (G major) on that (D major) day
Nobody knows, (A major) (F sharp major) no one (B minor) can deny
Emily (A major) (G major) threw it away (D major)
Some (G major) body take (A minor) them away (D major)
Out from the crowd
with the king's (E minor) horse the best
She flun (A major) g herself out (G major) ,
you can pic (D major) ture the rest
The fans were in harm
as (E minor) she ruined the ride
The Daily (A major) repor (G major) ted a (D major) girl, she had died
Emily, Emily, (E minor) give us a look
Tell (A major) me you're (G major) not in a (D major) history book
Crossed into heaven with
(E minor) nothing to hide
Was (A major) this just (G major) murder or high (D major) suicide?
Nobody knows (A major) (F sharp major) why she (B minor) had to (A major) die
What (G major) happened on that (D major) day
Nobody knows, (A major) (F sharp major) no one (B minor) can deny
(A major) Emily (G major) threw it away (D major)
Some (G minor) body (G major) take (A major) them away
(D major) (G major) (A major)
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