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Emily

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GmEmily
Emily a gift to Bbme
GmEmily
A modern sense oBbf beauty
BbEmily as precious as youDr memory
CmA simple world called liberty
GmThe relics the ghosts all down sBbo many roads
Gmrelics the ghosts all down so maBbny roads
BbEmily
So pity poor DEmily
CmYou’ve been replaced by charity
FIt’s what you forget what you forget thaCmt kills you
FIt’s what you remember what you remember Cmthat makes you
BbWe used to have answers 
Now we have only Dquestions
CmBut now have no directions

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Emily

by Manic Street Preachers

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Emily

Emily a gift to me

Emily

A modern sense of beauty

Bb D

Emily as precious as your memory

A simple world called liberty

Gm Bb

The relics the ghosts all down so many roads

Gm Bb

relics the ghosts all down so many roads

Emily

So pity poor Emily

You’ve been replaced by charity

F Cm

It’s what you forget what you forget that kills you

F Cm

It’s what you remember what you remember that makes you

We used to have answers

Now we have only questions

But now have no directions

About Emily Chords by Manic Street Preachers

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