Miss Emily's Picture chords by Jack Greene

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Verse 1
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 (D major) I  wake up in the morning in a state of fright
On the wrong side of the bed all night
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Cling (G major) ing to the broken
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heart inside  (D major) my head
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Open  (E minor) my eyes and
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I  (A major) move my hands
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From round  (E minor) her pillow to the  (A major) nightstand
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And  (E minor) straighten Miss Emily's
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 (A major) picture by my  (D major) bed
Go to the office, the work's piled up
Pour three fingers bourbon in my coffee cup
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I cry  (G major) on my best friend's shoulder
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down the hall  (D major) 
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Feel  (E minor) so lonely when I  (A major) close the door
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Bite  (E minor) my nails and I
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 (A major) walk the floor
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Straighten  (E minor) Miss Emily's
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 (A major) picture on my wall  (D major) 
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Look out my window and what  (G major) do I see?  (D major) 
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Noth (G major) in' but pain  (D major) lookin'  (A major) back at me
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 (D major) All that my future means  (G major) to me
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 (D major) Is  (E minor) tossin' yesterday's  (A major) love
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out into the wind  (E minor) 
And straightin' me a similes
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pic (A major) ture now and then  (D major) 
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I leave my  (A major) of fice and I go  (D major) downtown
To a little bar we all hang around
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 (G major) Laugh, drink beer,
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shoot pool, have a  (D major) ball
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When  (A major)  (D major)  (E minor) the laughter stops
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and the  (A major) hurtin' takes
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Reach  (E minor) in my pocket for my  (A major) billfold
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And  (E minor) show Miss Emily's
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 (A major) picture to them all  (D major)  (A major)  (D major) 
I stagger in my house and
I slam the door
Scatter my clothes all over the floor
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Wishing  (G major) I could do the
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same thing in my head  (D major) 
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I  (E minor) drink a beer and I  (A major) eat a bite,
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just  (E minor) before I turn  (A major) out the lights
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I straighten  (E minor) Miss Emily's
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 (A major) picture by my bed  (D major) 
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Look out my window and what  (G major) do I see?  (D major) 
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Noth (G major) ing but pain  (D major) looking back  (A major) at me
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 (D major) All that my future means  (G major) to me  (D major) 
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Is  (A major) tossin' yesterday's love
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out into the wind  (E minor) 
And straightin' Miss Emily's
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 (A major) picture now and  (D major) then  (A major)  (D major) 
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