--------------------------------------------------------------------------- My Name is Emmett Till - Emmylou Harris --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard Emmylou Harris My Name is Emmett Till (2011) (Emmylou Harris) From: "Hard Bargain" Sounds like Harris uses an open-D tuning here. If you don't want to retune so many strings: drop-D is close. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Drop-D CHORDS e-B-G-D-A-D D 2-3-2-0-0-0 G 3-3-0-0-5-5 A 0-2-2-2-0-x Bm 2-3-4-4-2-x --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | D| (xx0232@1)% | % | % | D (xx0232@1)I was born a black boy GMy (320003@1)name is Emmett Till AWalked (x02220@1)this earth for 14 years G (320003@1) DOne (xx0232@1)night I was killed DFor (xx0232@1)speaking to a woman ?G Whose skin was white as dough DThat's (xx0232@1)a sin in Mississippi D (xx0232@1) ABut (x02220@1)how was I to know? DI'd (xx0232@1)come down from Chicago GTo (320003@1)visit with my kin AUp (x02220@1)there I was a cheeky kid G (320003@1) DI (xx0232@1)guess I always been DBut (xx0232@1)the harm they put upon me GWas (320003@1)too hard for what I done DFor (xx0232@1)I was just a black boy A (x02220@1) DI (xx0232@1)never hurt no one D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) DOh (xx0232@1)oh oh oh oh oh D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) DOh (xx0232@1)oh oh oh oh oh DThey (xx0232@1)took me from my uncle's house GMose (320003@1)Wright was his name A (x02220@1) GHe'd (320003@1)be later standing without hesitation DPoint (xx0232@1)the blame DAt (xx0232@1)the ones who beat and cut me GAnd (320003@1)shot me with a gun DAnd (xx0232@1)threw me in the river D (xx0232@1) ALike (x02220@1)I was trash when they were done DI (xx0232@1)was sent back to my mother GAt (320003@1)least what was left of me AShe (x02220@1)kept my casket open G (320003@1) DFor (xx0232@1)the whole wide world to see DThe (xx0232@1)awful desecration GAnd (320003@1)the evidence of hate DYou (xx0232@1)could not recognize me A (x02220@1) DThe (xx0232@1)mutilation was so great BmBecame (x24432@1)a cry for justice then ATo (x02220@1)be finally fulfilled G (320003@1) DAll (xx0232@1)because of me, a black boy A (x02220@1) DMy (xx0232@1)name was Emmett Till D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) DOh (xx0232@1)oh oh oh oh oh D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) DOh (xx0232@1)oh oh oh oh oh D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) DOh (xx0232@1)oh oh oh oh oh D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) DOh (xx0232@1)oh oh oh oh oh DOh, (xx0232@1)that I had rather lived GTill (320003@1)I was too old to die young ANot (x02220@1)miss all I left behind G (320003@1) DAll (xx0232@1)that might have come DSummer (xx0232@1)clouds above my head GThe (320003@1)grass beneath my feet DThe (xx0232@1)warmth of a good woman D (xx0232@1) AHer (x02220@1)kisses soft and sweet DPerhaps (xx0232@1)to be a father GWith (320003@1)a black boy of my own A (x02220@1) GWatch (320003@1)him grow into a kinder world DThan (xx0232@1)I had known DWhere (xx0232@1)no child would be murdered GFor (320003@1)the color of his skin DAnd (xx0232@1)love would be the only thing A (x02220@1) DInside (xx0232@1)the hearts of men BmThey (x24432@1)say the horror of that night AIs (x02220@1)haunting heaven still G (320003@1) DWhere (xx0232@1)I am one more black boy A (x02220@1) DMy (xx0232@1)name is Emmett Till D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) DOh (xx0232@1)oh oh oh oh oh D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) DOh (xx0232@1)oh oh oh oh oh D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) DOh (xx0232@1)oh oh oh oh oh D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) DOh (xx0232@1)oh oh oh oh oh
