Emily - Joanna Newsom
Capo: Fret 3
Tuning: , E A D G B E
Standard tuning, capo on 3. This will make things a little easier for you.
If you're new to guitar, sorry, you're still gonna have to use bar chords (but shout out to you
for trying to take on a 12 minute song).
Chords used (relative to capo)
x32010
022000
xx0232
x02210
133211
x02220
022100
244222
x02120
224432
446654
244322
466444
224442
Quite a few! but less bar chords than you'd have to use in another tab, so it should be
a little nicer to your hands.
[Verse 1]
The meadowlark
and the chim-
choo-ree and t
he sparrow
Set to the sky
in a flying s
pree, for the
sport of the P
haraoh
Little while l
ater the Phari
sees dragged a
comb through
the meadow
Do you remembe
r what they ca
lled up to you
and me, in ou
r window?
There is a rus
ty light on th
e pines tonigh
t, sun pouring
wine, lord, o
r marrow
Into the bones
of the birche
s and the spir
es of the chur
ches juttin' o
ut from the sh
adow
and the yoke a
nd the axe, an
d the old smok
estacks, and t
he bale and th
e barrow
and everything
sloped like i
t was dragged
from the rope
in the mouth o
f the south be
low
[Verse 2]
We've seen tho
se mountains k
neeling, felte
n and grey
We thought our
very hearts w
ould up and me
lt away
From the snow
in the nightti
me, just going
, and going
and the stirri
n' of windchim
es, in the mor
nin', in the m
#
ornin'
Helps me find
my way back in
From the place
where I have
been
[Verse 3]
and Emily, I s
aw you last ni
ght by the riv
er!
I dreamed you
were skippin'
little stones
across the sur
face of the wa
ter!
Frowning at th
e angle where
they were lost
and slipped u
nder forever
In a mud-cloud
, mica-spangle
d, like the sk
y'd been breat
hing on a mirr
or
Anyhow -- I sa
t by your side
, by the water
You taught me
the names of t
he stars overh
ead that I wro
te down in my
ledger
Though all I k
new of the rot
e universe wer
e those Pleiad
es loosed in D
#
ecember
I promised you
I'd set them
to verse so I'
d always remem
ber
[Chorus]
That the meteo
rite is a sour
ce of the ligh
t, and the met
eor's just wha
t we see
and the meteor
oid is a stone
that's devoid
of the fire t
hat propelled
it to thee
and the meteor
ite's just wha
t causes the l
ight and the m
#
eteor's how it
's perceived
and the meteor
oid's a bone t
hrown from the
void that lie
s quiet and of
fering to thee
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[Verse 4]
You came and l
ay a cold comp
ress upon the
mess I'm in
Threw the wind
ows wide and c
ried, "Amen! A
men! Amen!"
The whole worl
d stopped to h
ear you holler
in'
Then you looke
d down and saw
now what was
happenin'
The lines are
fadin' in my k
ingdom
Though I have
never known a
way to border
'em in
So the muddy m
ouths of baboo
ns and sows an
d the grouse a
nd the horse a
nd the hen
Grope at the g
ate of the loo
ming lake that
was once a ti
dy pen
and the mail i
s late and the
great estates
are not lit f
rom within
The talk in to
wn's becomin'
downright sick
enin'!
[Verse 5]
In due time we
will see the
far buttes lit
by a flare
I've seen your
bravery and I
will follow y
ou there
and row throug
h the nighttim
e, so healthy,
gone healthy
all of a sudde
n
In search of a
midwife who c
an help me, wh
o can help me
Help me find m
y way back in
and there are
worries where
I've been
[Verse 6]
and say, say,
say, in the le
e of the bay,
don't be bothe
red!
Leave your tro
ubles here whe
re the tugboat
s shear the wa
ter from the w
ater
Flanked by fur
rows, curling
back like a ma
tch held up to
the newspaper
Emily, they'll
follow your l
ead by the let
ter!
and I make thi
s claim, and I
'm not ashamed
to say I knew
you better!
For what they'
ve seen is jus
t a beam of yo
ur sun that ba
nishes winter
Let us go! Tho
ugh we know it
's a hopeless
endeavor,
The ties that
bind; they are
barbed and sp
ined and hold
us close forev
er!
Though there i
s nothing woul
d help me come
to grips with
a sky that is
gaping and ya
wning
There is a son
g I woke with
on my lips as
you sailed you
r great ship t
owards the mor
ning
[Verse 7]
Come on home,
the poppies ar
e all grown kn
ee-deep by now
Blossoms all h
ave fallen, an
d the pollen r
uins the plow
Peonies nod in
the breeze, a
nd while they
wetly bow
With hydroceph
alitic listles
sness, ants mo
p up their bro
ws
and everything
with wings is
restless, aim
less, drunk an
d dour
Butterflies an
d birds collid
e at hot, ungo
dly hours
and my clay-co
loured motherl
essness rangil
y reclines
Come on home,
now! All my bo
nes are doloro
us with vines!
[Verse 8]
Pa pointed out
to me, for th
e hundredth ti
me tonight
The way the La
dle leads to a
dirt-red bull
et of light
Squint skyward
and listen, l
oving him, we
move within hi
s borders
Just asterisms
in the stars
set order
We could stand
for a century
, staring with
our heads coc
ked
In the broad d
aylight at thi
s thing -- Joy
! Landlocked!
In bodies that
don't keep, d
umbstruck with
the sweetness
of being!
'til we don't
be told, take
this, and eat
this!
[Chorus]
Told: The mete
orite is a sou
rce of the lig
ht, and the me
teor's just wh
at we see!
and the meteor
oid is a stone
that's devoid
of the fire t
hat propelled
it to thee!
and the meteor
ite's just wha
t causes the l
ight and the m
eteor's how it
's perceived!
and the meteor
oid's a bone t
hrown from the
void that lie
s quiet and of
fering to thee
!
[Outro]
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