Tom: C
G F G
She's not a heavy sleeper, she listens to the night
F C G
She's a dreamer. She's the keeper of the pointe au baril light
C G
And when the lamp is lit she gives her mind to the wind
F G
She sits up by the light and plays her violin
G F C G
There's a ring on her finger. It glistens as she plays
F C G
The light holds her in a warm embrace
C G
She thinks of the man who promised her the night
F C G
Come with me, emmeline, we'll be keepers of the light
F G C G
Emmeline, let your fiddle be a boat
And with every note you play you'll be sailing back again
F
To the days when you were young
G C G
Tune your ear to the wind
C G C Am G Em
Play your violin, play your fiddle, emmeline, you'll be sailing
F C G
Hard to believe it's seven years since he passed on
F C G
All the children married now, she keeps the light alone
C G
So when the lamp is lit she puts her fiddle to her chin
F C G
Draws strength from the music, takes comfort in the wind
G F G
The point au baril beacon makes pictures in the dark
F C G
Every flash a photograph she keeps in her heart
C G
Emmeline the mother, the lover, the friend
F C G
Emmeline the dreamer who plays the violin
Am (Sustain)--------------------------
Emmeline, there's a rumour going 'round
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They're changing all these lights, they won't need keepers now
(Acapella)
You've lived out your dream, you're the last of your kind
F
There'll never be another... Emmeline
G C G
let your fiddle be a boat
And with every note you play you'll be sailing back again
F
To the days when you were young
G C G
Tune your ear to the wind
C G C Am G Em
Play your violin, play your fiddle, emmeline, you'll be sailing
C Am G
play your fiddle, emmeline, you'll be sailing
