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[Verse 1]
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I was half asleep when I heard the news, sad words on the phone
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I just couldn't believe my ears, I couldn't believe she's gone
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I tried to make some sense of it, but sense I could not make
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How a girl like her could go like that, it must be some mistake

[Verse 2]
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I know her since forever, as far back as I go
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She always had an answer for the things I didn't know
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She never hurt anybody, never did them wrong
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She walked to the tune of life teaching everyone the song

[Chorus]
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Now Emily's in Heaven, but I'm awake in bed
F         C           G
Sometimes I wish, the Good Lord took me instead
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But I guess the good die young and life just isn't fair
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But Emily's in Heaven she'll be waiting for me there

[Interlude]
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[Verse 3]
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Eleven different doctors, but not one had a clue
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They rushed her through emergency but there was nothing they could do
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They said she had a weak heart, she'd always been that way
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I said she just gave too much of it away

[Chorus]
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Now Emily's in Heaven and I'm awake in bed
F         C           G
Sometimes I wish, the Good Lord took me instead
      F                C           G               Am
But I guess the good die young and life just isn't fair
        F          C                G              Am
Ah, but Emily's in Heaven she'll be waiting for me there

[Interlude]
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[Instrumental]
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[Verse 4]
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We laid her down for peaceful sleep, time was standing still
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Everybody said a prayer on top of moonlight hill
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I said goodbye with a rose, how she loved them so
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Then I turned away, tried not to cry and did my best to go

[Chorus]
    F          C           G            C
Now Emily's in Heaven, but I'm awake in bed
F         C           G
Sometimes I wish, the Good Lord took me instead
      F                C           G               Am
But I guess the good die young and life just isn't fair
        F          C                G              Am
Ah, but Emily's in Heaven she'll be waiting for me there