Capo: 2 Tuning: E A D G B E

Kate Wolf - Emma Rose ## NOTE: ~ = Bass Walk-Down from G to Em ## CAPO: 2nd Fret INTRO: Am F C D7 G D C G ~ Em When Emma Rose was ten years old, her father passed away

She cried to think he'd ^Anever see her ^Con her wedding ^D7day ^G And then her mother ^Dsickened and ^Cleft her on her ^Gown Saying, "^AmEmma Rose, it ^Fgrieves me to ^Cleave you so a^Dlone" ^G

CHORUS:

How long, ^Dhow long, will it ^Cbe 'til you're re^Dturn^Ging? ^B How long, ^Emhow long, must ^CI keep the candles ^D7burning? ^G

D C G ~ Em When Emma Rose was sixteen years, she was courted and wed

By Danny Jay the ^Aneighbour boy, a ^Cfine young man they ^D7said ^G And in the flowering ^Dof their love,^C Emma had a ^Gson ^AmDanny left one ^Fmorning before the ^Crising of the ^Dsun ^G

CHORUS:

How long, ^Dhow long, will it ^Cbe 'til you're re^Dturn^Ging? ^B How long, ^Emhow long, must ^CI keep the candles ^D7burning? ^G

D C G ~ Em The years went by and Emma Rose grew bitter in her grief

Of all the men who ^Acame and went,^C none gave her any ^D7peace ^G And even age could ^Dnot erase^C the beauty in her ^Gface But ^AmEmma Rose had ^Feyes for one who ^Cleft without a ^Dtrace And tell me ^G

CHORUS:

How long, ^Dhow long, will it ^Cbe 'til you're re^Dturn^Ging? ^B How long, ^Emhow long, must ^CI keep the candles ^D7burning? ^G

D C G ~ Em Emma lives alone now, the child is grown and gone

Some say they see her ^Anow and then on the ^Cdays she goes to ^D7town ^G If you're travelling ^Dnorth, there's a ^Cmailbox on the ^Groad And ^Amall it says is '^FEmma Rose' in ^Cletters faint and ^Dold ^G

CHORUS:

How long, ^Dhow long, will it ^Cbe 'til you're re^Dturn^Ging? ^B How long, ^Emhow long, must ^CI keep the candles ^D7burning?

Kate Wolf - Emma rose