My Name Is Emmett Till

My Name Is Emmett Till easy guitar chords by Emmylou Harris

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    • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    I 
    was born 
    a black 
    boy 

    My 
    name 
    is Emmett 
    Till 

    I 
    walked 
    this 
    earth 
    for fourteen 
    years 

    Then 
    one 
    night 
    I 
    was 
    killed 

    For 
    speaking 
    to 
    a woman 

    Whose 
    skin 
    was as white 
    as dough 

    That's 
    a 
    sin 
    in 
    Mississippi 

    But 
    how 
    was 
    I to 
    know 

    Verse 2

    I'd 
    come 
    down 
    from 
    Chicago 

    To visit 
    with my 
    kin 

    Up 
    there 
    I 
    was 
    a cheeky 
    kid 

    I 
    guess 
    I always 
    been 

    But the 
    harm 
    they 
    put 
    upon 
    me 

    Was 
    too 
    hard 
    for what I 
    done 

    For 
    I 
    was 
    just 
    a black 
    boy 

    I 
    never 
    hurt 
    no 
    one 

    Verse 3

    They 
    took me 
    from 
    my 
    uncle's 
    house 

    Mose 
    Wright 
    was 
    his name 

    He'd 
    later 
    stand 
    and without 

    hesita
    tion 

    Point 
    the blame 

    At the 
    ones 
    who beat 
    and cut 
    me 

    And 
    shot 
    me 
    with 
    a gun 

    Then 
    threw 
    me 
    in 
    the river 

    Like 
    I was 
    trash 
    when they were 
    done 

    Verse 4

    I was 
    sent 
    back 
    to 
    my 
    mother 

    At 
    least 
    what 
    was 
    left 
    of me 

    She 
    kept 
    my 
    casket 
    open 

    For 
    the 
    whole 
    wide 
    world 
    to 
    see 

    The 
    awful 
    desecration 

    And 
    the evidence 
    of hate 

    You 
    could not 
    recognize 
    me 

    The mutil
    ation 
    was 
    so 
    great 

    Verse 5
    There 
    came 
    a cry 
    for justice 
    then 

    To be 
    finally 
    fulfilled 

    All 
    be
    cause 
    of me, 
    a black 
    boy 

    My 
    name 
    is Emmett 
    Till 

    Interlude 1



    Verse 6
    But 
    I'd 
    have rather 
    lived 

    'Til 
    I 
    was 
    too old 
    to 
    die 
    young 

    Not 
    miss 
    all 
    I left 
    behind 

    All 
    that might 
    have come 

    The 
    summer 
    clouds 
    above 
    my 
    head 

    The 
    grass 
    beneath 
    my feet 

    The 
    warmth 
    of a good 
    woman 

    Her kisses 
    soft 
    and sweet 

    Verse 7

    Perhaps 
    to be 
    a father 

    With 
    a 
    black 
    boy 
    of my 
    own 

    And 
    watch 
    him grow 
    into 

    A 
    kinder 
    world 
    than I 
    had 
    known 

    Verse 8
    Where 
    no child 
    would be 
    murdered 

    For 
    the 
    color 
    of 
    his skin 

    And 
    love 
    would be the 
    only 
    thing 

    In
    side 
    the 
    hearts 
    of men 

    Verse 9
    They 
    say 
    the 
    horror 
    of that 
    night 

    Is 
    still 
    haunting 
    heaven 
    still 

    Where 
    I 
    am 
    one more 
    black 
    boy 

    My 
    name 
    is Emmett 
    Till 

    Outro 1



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