Emma

A G A (4x) A G We were together since we were five, A She was so pretty; Emma was a star in everyone's eyes, G And when she said she'd be a movie queen, nobody laughed, A Her face like an angel; she could be anything. A G Emmalene, Emma, Emmalene, A I'm gonna write your name high on that silver screen. G Emmalene, Emma, Emmalene, A I'm gonna make you the biggest star this world has ever seen. A G A A G At seventeen, we were wed, A And worked day and night to earn our daily bread. G And every day Emma would go out searching for that play, A That never ever came her way. A G You know sometimes she'd come home so depressed, A I'd hear her crying in the back room, feeling so distressed. G And I'd remember back when she was five, A To the words that used to make Emmalene come alive. It was... A G Emmalene, Emma, Emmalene, A I'm gonna write your name high on that silver screen. G Emmalene, Emma, Emmalene, A I'm gonna make you the biggest star this world has ever seen. A G A (4x) A G It was cold and dark De-cember night, A When I opened the bedroom door, G To find her lying still and cold up-on the bed; A A love letter lying on the bedroom floor. A G It read; "Darling, I love you, A But I just can't keep on living on dreams no more". G "I tried so very hard not to leave you alone; A I just can't keep on tryin' no more". A G A Emma-lene, G A Oh, Emmalene. G A Emmalene... (Fade) CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- A G EADGBE EADGBE x02220 320003