Emily chords by Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger
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.
Thank
Emily
Ewan MacColl, Peggy Seeger
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