Emily chords by
Ewan Maccoll
Peggy Seeger

N/A

Key: A minor•

Verse 1

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Once we were single,

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once we were young,

and once we were happy,

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husband and wife.

But fourteen years married,

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thirteen years harried,

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now I don't care what comes of my life.

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The first time he lifted his hand against me,

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he knew the blow was hurtful and wrong.

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He said he was sorry,

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put his arms round me,

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sorry love, sorry all the night long.

The next time he lifted his

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fist against me,

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I thought I'd provoked him, I

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was to blame.

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The next time, the next time,

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and the time af ter,

I told no one, cause I was ashamed.

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When anything crossed him, I got his fist

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If dinner was late, he slapped me around

With begging and pleading,

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stitches an d bleeding

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Nothing would do till I'm on the ground

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My mum come in, she seen I was crying,

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seen I was cut and bruised

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round the eyes.

My husband turned round

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all smiling and charming,

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says all she does is spend and tell lies.

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He said I was out with

men every day.

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He locked me in doors

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and tore up my clothes.

My friend heard me screaming,

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never come near.

Why did I stay with him?

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God only knows.

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If I go quiet, that makes him rage

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If I turn and run, he's hunting me down

I says, why do you hit me?

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He hit me for asking

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Whatever I do,

I'm down on the ground

Each afternoon my heart

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would start trembling.

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I followed his journey all

the way home.

His step at the door

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would nearly dissolve me.

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When he walked in my judgment was calm.

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I know there's two sides to every question

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I may be wrong and he may be right

But he's got just two ways

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to settle a quarrel

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One is his left, the other his right

The doctor says he needs

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my understanding,

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the police seldom challenge

a man in his home.

Everyone knows him,

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no one defends me,

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after the altar a wife's on her own.

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I wonder, I cry, I pray, I may die.

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I run up to strangers to

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talk in the road.

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Three kids and no money,

so how can I leave him?

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I lose my kids if I've got no home.

Sometimes

Sometimes he's loving,

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sometimes he's caring,

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sometimes it seems our marriage

may mend.

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And then in the night I'm lying

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and wondering

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how soon will his fists be at me again.

The last time he hit me

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he nearly killed me

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I thought I was dead and glad to be free

I gathered the kids up

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and went to a refuge

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He grabbed a crowbar

and come after me

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When I go out,

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I feel him behind me

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Three times I've moved,

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he's found me again

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If I kill myself, at least I'll die easy

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At least I'll know why,

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at least I'll know when

The refuge is bare,

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the floors and walls echo,

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nothing reminds me of comfort or home.

But here I can sleep,

and here I can hope,

here I have friends,

I'm no longer alone.

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