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Emma

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GEmma appeared like an angel
CEmma fell like rainD  
GInto my lap like a heart attack, Clike lightning from her Dname
GI'm running dry of bad excuses
DCon't want to lie or seem Dintrusive
BuGt time hasn't told me anythCing, and neither has shDe
A poinEmsettia in poison Crain
Traded true lovGe for insult and inDjury
We washed iEmt down the drain witCh one silver bGullet and two DvicodinG  
With two vicodin
Emma woke up in darkness, suitcase already packed
Note on the bedstand signed in blood, "Sincerely, never coming back."
A nightmare on my street the day she arrived
A nightmarish household in which she died, because it made her feel at home
Somehow made me feel at home
A poinsettia in poison rain
Traded true love for insult and injury
We washed it down the drain with one wooden stake through the heart and two vicodin
A poinsettia in poison rain
Traded true love for insult and injury
We washed it down the drain with one silver bullet and two vicodin
We watched the sun fall crown on a city that sleeps in a world upside down
A slow ticket straight out of town 
You went out with a bang when you took with you all my dreams underground
With you all my dreams underground

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Emma

by Alkaline Trio

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Chords in this song · guitar

Emma appeared like an angel

C D

Emma fell like rain

G C D

Into my lap like a heart attack, like lightning from her name

I'm running dry of bad excuses

C D

Don't want to lie or seem intrusive

G C D

But time hasn't told me anything, and neither has she

Em C

A poinsettia in poison rain

G D

Traded true love for insult and injury

Em C G D G

We washed it down the drain with one silver bullet and two vicodin

With two vicodin

Emma woke up in darkness, suitcase already packed

Note on the bedstand signed in blood, "Sincerely, never coming back."

A nightmare on my street the day she arrived

A nightmarish household in which she died, because it made her feel at home

Somehow made me feel at home

A poinsettia in poison rain

Traded true love for insult and injury

We washed it down the drain with one wooden stake through the heart and two vicodin

A poinsettia in poison rain

Traded true love for insult and injury

We washed it down the drain with one silver bullet and two vicodin

We watched the sun fall crown on a city that sleeps in a world upside down

A slow ticket straight out of town

You went out with a bang when you took with you all my dreams underground

With you all my dreams underground

About Emma Chords by Alkaline Trio

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