(intro)
A                    D
Emily Chambers would make it pay
A                        D
Everyone knew she'd turn out that way
    Bm                          D
She turned her back and she'll be O.K
          Bm            E
But she's not O.K at all

(verso 2)
A                    D
Every night with the radio on (2nd time round 'with the lamp light on')
A                    D
Emily fears that the day won't come
    Bm                D
The moon is there to do her harm
      Bm                E
She's not alright at all

(refrão)
      D                   E
Don't get arrested, don't buy a machine gun,
       A                           Bm
You're not on the run and you're not on the scene.
       D                       E
You're not so cool and you're not a jerk,
     A                      Bm
You may be a villain but no Patty Hearst
        D               E
You're Emily Chambers and what's worse
     A                    Bm
Is a whipping wind and a box in a hearse.
      D                            E
And a trigger in your head and a pen in your hand,
        A                           Bm
And the pain in the verse and the flat drying land,
        D                        E
And the thin of the air and a pain that hurts
       A                     Bm            D       E
You're Emily Chambers in the universe, oh, oh

(versos 1 e 2)

(refrão)

A                    Bm
Emily Chambers would make it pay
A                        Bm
Everyone knew she'd turn out that way