Chumbawamba – When Alexander Met Emma (Guitar)
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Emma Goldman arrived in New York in 1889 as a young radical with no money. She had one contact there - a
friend of a friend - and they arranged to meet in Sach's Cafe. On that first day she sat at a table with a
young anarchist she'd never met called Alexander Berkman. The two became lifelong companions and lovers.
In 1892 they plotted to assassinate the boss of a company which was hiring hitmen to kill striking
labourers. The assassination failed, and Berkman went to jail for fourteen years. Emma and Alexander
continued their relationship until 1936. On the first day they met, Emma stumbled and Alexander caught her.
"I have saved your life!" he said. Emma replied, "I hope I may be able to save yours some day."
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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
Db Ab When Alexander met Emma Bbm Fm The first day she came to New York Gb Db Sachs's Cafe in Manhattan Eb Ab Coffee and cigerettes and talk Db Ab Sun beating down on the East Side Bbm Fm Introductions are made in the haze Gb Db Emma, meet Alexander Eb7 Ab7 Emma just smiles as she says:
[Chorus]
Db F Bbm Eb7 Db Gbm Db Db Take my hand. I'll take yours. Db F Bbm Eb7 Db Gbm Db Db Save my life. I'll save yours.
[Verse 2]
Db Ab Life stretches loudly before her Bbm Fm From the Bowery to old Suffolk Street Gb Db A five dollar bill in her pocket Eb Ab And a worldful of people to meet Db Ab Ships rigging up in the Hudson Bbm Fm Waiting for love to set sail Gb Db Emma she tells Alexander Eb7 Ab7 I'll be there when you walk from the jail
[Chorus]
Db F Bbm Eb7 Db Gbm Db Db Take my hand. I'll take yours. Db F Bbm Eb7 Db Gbm Db Db Save my life. I'll save yours.
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
Db Ab Nespaper talk turns to headlines Bbm Fm A love so cemented in fame Gb Db A word to the strike-breaking bosses Eb7 Ab7 Propaganda in deed and in name Db Ab Fourteen long years on the island Bbm Fm It's a lifetime of summers to wait Gb Db And Emma, she meets Alexsander Eb7 Ab7 As they unlock the last prison gate
[Chorus]
Db F Bbm Eb7 Db Gbm Db Db Take my hand. I'll take yours. Db F Bbm Eb7 Db Gbm Db Db Save my life. I'll save yours.