Emily chords and lyrics - EWAN MACCOLL, PEGGY SEEGER

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[Verse 1]
Once [Am]we were single,
once we were [G]young,
and once we were happy,
[Am]husband and wife.
But fourteen years married,
thirteen years [G]harried,
now I don't care what comes [Am]of my life.
The first time [G]he lifted his hand against [Am]me,
he [G]knew the [Am]blow was [G]hurtful and wrong.
[Am]He said he was sorry,
put his arms [G]round me,
sorry love, sorry all the [Am]night long.
The next time he lifted his
fist against [G]me,
[Am]I thought [G]I'd provoked him, I
[Am]was to blame.
The next time, the next [G]time,
and the time [Am]af ter,
I told no one, cause I was ashamed.
When [D]anything [Am]crossed him, I got his [G]fist
If dinner was late, he slapped me [Am]around
With begging and pleading,
stitches [G]an d bleeding
Nothing would do till I'm on [Am]the ground
My mum come in, she seen [G]I was crying,
seen I [Am]was cut and [G]bruised
[Am]round the eyes.
My husband turned round
[G]all smiling and charming,
[Am]says all she does [G]is spend [Am]and tell lies.
He said I was [G]out with
men every day.
[Am]He locked me [G]in doors
and tore [Am]up my clothes.
My friend heard me screaming,
never come [G]near.
Why did I stay with him?
[Am]God only knows.
[G]If I go quiet, that makes him rage
If I turn and run, he's hunting me [Am]down
I says, why do you hit me?
He hit me for ask[G]ing
Whatever [Am]I do,
I'm down on the ground
Each afternoon my heart
would [G]start trembling.
I fol[Am]lowed his journey all
the way home.
His step at the door
[G]would nearly dissolve me.
[Am]When he walked in [G]my judgment [Am]was calm.
I know there's two sides to every [G]question
I [Am]may be wrong and he may be right
But he's got just two ways
to settle a [G]quarrel
[Am]One is [G]his left, the other [Am]his right
The doctor says he needs
[G]my understanding,
[Am]the police seldom challenge
a man in his home.
Everyone knows him,
[G]no one [Am]defend[G]s me,
after [Am]the [G]altar a wife's o[Am]n her own.
I [D]wonder, I [G]cry, I pray, I may die.
[Am]I run [G]up to strangers [Am]to
talk in [G]the [Am]road.
Three kids and no [G]money,
so how can I leave him?
[Am]I lose my kids if I've got no home.
Sometimes
Sometimes he's loving,
[G]sometimes he's caring,
[Am]sometimes it seems our marriage
may mend.
And then in the night [G]I'm lying
[Am]and [G]wondering
[Am]how soon will [G]his fists be at me a[Am]gain.
The last time he hit me
he [G]nearly killed me
[Am]I thought I was dead and glad to be free
I gathered the kids up
and went to a [G]refuge
He [Am]grabbed a crowbar
and come after me
When [Am]I go out,
I feel [G]him behind me
[Am]Three times I've [G]moved,
he's [Am]found me again
If [Am]I kill myself, at least I'll die easy
At least [Am]I'll know why,
at least I'll [Am]know when
The refuge is bare,
[Am]the floors and walls echo,
[Am]nothing reminds me of comfort or home.
But here I can sleep,
and here I can hope,
here I have friends,
I'm no longer alone.
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