Key: D major•
Intro 1
D
Verse 1
G
D
Then one night I was killed
For speaking to a woman
But how was I to know
A
Verse 2
G
D
I guess I always been
But the harm they put upon me
A
D
G
D
A
I never hurt no one
D
Verse 3
They took me from my uncle's house
At the ones who beat and cut me
Like I was trash when they were done
A
Verse 4
G
D
For the whole wide world to see
The awful desecration
A
D
The mutilation was so great
Verse 5
G
D
All because of me, a black boy
A
D
My name is Emmett Till
Interlude 1
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D
A
D
G
D
A
D
Verse 6
G
D
All that might have come
The summer clouds above my head
Her kisses soft and sweet
A
D
Verse 7
Perhaps to be a father
G
D
A kinder world than I had known
Verse 8
Where no child would be murdered
Verse 9
D
Bm
They say the horror of that night
G
D
Where I am one more black boy
Outro 1
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G
D
A
D
G
D
A
D
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD G A Bm
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