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		My Name is Emmett Till - Emmylou Harris
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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.

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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

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| 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