Gill Landry "Emily" Studio Version
Standard Tuning
No Capo
[Chords]
Bm/D [xx0432]
F#7 [xx4320]
E7 [020100}
Gmaj7 [xx0002]
D [xx0232]
G [320022]
D7 [xx0212]
Am7 [x02010]
C6/G [xx5555]
Am7 (progression)
e |--0--2--3--2------|
B |--1--1--1--1------|
G |--0--0--0--0------|
D |--2--2--2--2------|
A |------------------|
E |------------------|
[Verse 1]
Bm/D F#7
At the alter of your body
E7 Gmaj7
I was down on my knees
Bm/D F#7
Flashing in foreign tongues
E7 Gmaj7
To now dead melodies
[Chorus]
D G
And I tried to exalt you
D G
As you crucified me
D G
Oh but I do not fault you
Bm/D F#7
Oh, Emily, wont you remember me
[Solo]
e |----2---2---0---0----|
B |---3---3---3---3-----|
G |--4---3---2---1------|
D |---------------------|
A |---------------------|
E |---------------------|
[Verse 2]
Bm/D F#7
That winter’s eve,
D
Whisperin’ love
D7
Whistling star dust melodies
C6/G
[Interlude]
e |--2--3--5--7---2--3--5--7----------|
B |--0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0----------|
G |--0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0----------|
D |-----------------------------------|
A |-----------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------|
[Verse 3]
Am7
The postcards, paintings, and white haunted trees
Am7
I feel you suddenly slowly in all that I see
[Interlude]
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B |--0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0----------|
G |--0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0----------|
D |-----------------------------------|
A |-----------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------|
[Verse 4]
Am7
Dreams that we built on a telephone wire
Am7
Balancing, fumbling, tumbling trough our desire
[Interlude]
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B |--0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0----------|
G |--0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0----------|
D |-----------------------------------|
A |-----------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------|
[Bridge]
D Am7 G
I know how one lies to one’s face that lies in one’s arms
D Am7 G
Although I can’t have your embrace I recall all your charms
[Verse 5]
Am7
But if what’s right is wrong then I wonder about me
Am7
Am I naive in even believing through this madness of years
[Interlude]
e |--2--3--5--7---2--3--5--7----------|
B |--0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0----------|
G |--0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0----------|
D |-----------------------------------|
A |-----------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------|
[Verse 6]
Am7
Sometimes for pain but always for pleasure
Am7
Maybe someday is as good as never when measured in tears
[Interlude]
e |--2--3--5--7---2--3--5--7----------|
B |--0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0----------|
G |--0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0----------|
D |-----------------------------------|
A |-----------------------------------|
E |-----------------------------------|
[Verse 7]
Bm/D F#7
But if the worlds should tear apart
E7 Gmaj7
Your old fashioned heart
Bm/D F#7
Oh Emily, won’t you remember me