Emily/Meryl chords by Johnny Dowd

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Verse 1
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 (C major)  (G major)  (C major)  (G major)  (C major) Now I live in a tall old tree,
nobody can ever bother me.
Down at the kids, the kids playground,
watch the ferris wheel turn
round and round.
Sing with the birds,
perverse with the squirrels,
keep a close eye on the
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boys and the girls.  (G major) 
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Your  (C major) heart make it good,
your hands are clean,
people down there gonna treat you mean.
Up in a tree with nothing to fear
Closer to Jesus and God is near
Conscience clear as a sheet of paper
Why won't you say that I raped
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her?  (G major)  (C major)  (G major)  (C major)  (E minor)  (G major) 
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 (A major) Purge the glories  (E major) from
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 (E minor)  (E major)  (A major) my  (E major) head
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 (B major) Help  (A major) me for (E major) get the  (G major)  (E major) 
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 (A major) words that she said  (E major) 
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You're  (A major) not the father  (E major) 
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of  (G major)  (E major) the  (A major) child that I  (E major) carry
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You're  (B major)  (A major) not the man  (E major) I'm
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 (E minor)  (E major)  (A major) going to marry  (E major)  (C major) 
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 (G major) 
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Lust,  (C major) we find, exaggerated
We stray too far from the state of nature
Body and soul, morally polluted
Thought processes are convoluted
Things to do for good
intentions
are experienced by other sad
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afflictions.  (G major)  (C major)  (G major)  (C major)  (G major)  (C major)  (G major) 
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Purge  (A major) the memor (E major) ies from
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 (G major)  (E major)  (A major) my  (E major) head.  (B major) 
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 (A major) Help me for (E major) get the  (G major) cruel  (E major) word
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 (A major) s that she said.  (E major) 
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You're  (A major) not the father  (E major) 
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of  (E minor) the  (A major) child that I  (E major) carry
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You're  (G major)  (A major) not the  (E major) man I'm  (E minor) 
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 (E major)  (A major) going to  (E major) marry  (G major)  (C major)  (G major)  (C major) 
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La la  (E minor) la  (G major) la  (A major) you