--------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 C 2-3-2-0-0-0 F 3-3-0-0-5-5 G 0-2-2-2-0-x Am 2-3-4-4-2-x --------------------------------------------------------------------------- | C | % | % | % |

^CI was born a black boy My ^Fname is Emmett Till ^GWalked this earth for 14 years ^FOne night I was ^Ckilled For ^Cspeaking to a woman ´F Whose skin was white as dough That's a ^Csin in Mississippi But ^Chow was I to ^Gknow?

I'd ^Ccome down from Chicago To ^Fvisit with my kin Up ^Gthere I was a cheeky kid I ^Fguess I always ^Cbeen But the ^Charm they put upon me Was too ^Fhard for what I done For ^CI was just a black boy I ^Gnever hurt no ^Cone

^COh oh oh ^Foh oh ^Coh ^COh oh oh ^Goh oh ^Coh

They ^Ctook me from my uncle's house ^FMose Wright was his name He'd be ^Glater standing without hesi^Ftation Point the ^Cblame At the ^Cones who beat and cut me And ^Fshot me with a gun And ^Cthrew me in the river Like I was ^Ctrash when they were ^Gdone

I was ^Csent back to my mother At least ^Fwhat was left of me She ^Gkept my casket open For the ^Fwhole wide world to ^Csee The ^Cawful desecration And the ^Fevidence of hate You ^Ccould not recognize me The muti^Glation was so ^Cgreat

Be^Amcame a cry for justice then To be ^Gfinally fulfilled All be^Fcause of me, a ^Cblack boy My ^Gname was Emmett ^CTill

^COh oh oh ^Foh oh ^Coh ^COh oh oh ^Goh oh ^Coh

Oh, that ^CI had rather lived Till I was ^Ftoo old to die young ^GNot miss all I left behind ^FAll that might have ^Ccome ^CSummer clouds above my head The ^Fgrass beneath my feet The ^Cwarmth of a good woman Her ^Ckisses soft and ^Gsweet

Per^Chaps to be a father With a ^Fblack boy of my own ^GWatch him grow into a kinder ^Fworld Than I had ^Cknown Where ^Cno child would be murdered For the ^Fcolor of his skin And ^Clove would be the only thing In^Gside the hearts of ^Cmen

They ^Amsay the horror of that night Is ^Ghaunting heaven still Where ^FI am one more ^Cblack boy My ^Gname is Emmett ^CTill

^COh oh oh ^Foh oh ^Coh ^COh oh oh ^Goh oh ^Coh

Emmylou Harris - My name is emmett till