• Song:

    Emma

  • Artist:

    Alkaline Trio

  • Album:

    Good Mourning

Alkaline Trio
Emma
Good Mourning
2003
Submitted by: paramore_fans@yahoo.com

Key: E

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
E -   022100
B -   x24442
C#m - x46654
A -   x02220

Intro: E--A-B- x2

Verse 1:
E (022100@1)  
Emma appeared like an angel
A (x02220@1)            BEmma (x2444x@1)fell like rain
  EInto (022100@1)my lap like a heart attack
     A (x02220@1)                Blike (x2444x@1)lightning from her name
    EI'm (022100@1)running dry of bad excuses
A (x02220@1)                  BDon't (x2444x@1)want to lie or seem intrusive
EBut (022100@1)time hasn't told me 
   A (x02220@1)                   Banything (x2444x@1)and neither has she

Chorus 1:
      C#mA (x13321@4)poinsettia in 
       Apoison (x02220@1)rain
       ETraded (022100@1)true love for 
           Binsult (x2444x@1)and injury
   C#mWe (x13321@4)washed it down 
    A (x02220@1)        Ethe (022100@1)drain with one silver 
       B (x2444x@1)         E (022100@1)A (x02220@1)name="chord_x2444x@1">B
bullet and two vicodin
             E (022100@1)A (x02220@1)name="chord_x2444x@1">B
With two vicodin

Verse 2:
EEmma (022100@1)woke up in darkness
    A (x02220@1)          Bsuitcase (x2444x@1)already packed
E (022100@1) Note on the bedstand signed 
                 Ain (x02220@1)blood "Sincerely
             Bnever (x2444x@1)coming back"
  EA (022100@1)nightmare on my street
the day she arrived
  AA (x02220@1)nightmarish household 
   Bin (x2444x@1)which she died because 
   Eit (022100@1)made her feel at home
        A (x02220@1)             BSomehow (x2444x@1)made me feel at home

Chorus 2:
      C#m (x13321@4)            AA (x02220@1)poinsettia in poison rain
       ETraded (022100@1)true love for
           Binsult (x2444x@1)and injury
   C#m (x13321@4)              AWe (x02220@1)washed it down the drain
     Ewith (022100@1)one wooden stake
            B (x2444x@1)               E (022100@1)A (x02220@1)name="chord_x2444x@1">B E (022100@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A Bthrough (x2444x@1)the heart and two vicodin

Chorus 3:
      C#mA (x13321@4)poinsettia in 
       Apoison (x02220@1)rain
       ETraded (022100@1)true love for 
           Binsult (x2444x@1)and injury
   C#mWe (x13321@4)washed it down 
    A (x02220@1)        Ethe (022100@1)drain with one silver 
           Bbullet (x2444x@1)and two vicodin

Chorus 4:
   C#m (x13321@4)                AWe (x02220@1)watched the sun fall crown
     Eon (022100@1)a city that sleeps
     Bin (x2444x@1)a world upside down
   C#mA (x13321@4)slow ticket
                Astraight (x02220@1)out of town
         EYou (022100@1)went out with a bang when
    Byou (x2444x@1)took with you all
               E (022100@1)   Amy (x02220@1)dreams underground
     BWith (x2444x@1)you all my 
            E (022100@1)   Adreams (x02220@1)underground
     BWith (x2444x@1)you all my 
            E (022100@1)   Adreams (x02220@1)underground
     BWith (x2444x@1)you all my 
            E (022100@1)   A (x02220@1)name="chord_x2444x@1">B E(hold)
dreams underground
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