boygenius - Emily I'm Sorry: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Emily I'm Sorry" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

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       B            E
She's asleep in the backseat
        F#         E
Looking peaceful enough to me
           B           E
But she's wakin' up inside a dream
          F#        E        F#
Full of screeching tires and fire
       B                      E
We're comin' back from where no one lives
 F#               E
Pretty much just veterans
        B                     E
When I pointed out where the North Star is
 F#              E
She called me a fuckin' liar

Chorus:
    E                   B       F#
And Emily (Emily), I'm sorry, I just
E             G#m    D#m
Make it up as I go along
     E             B      F#
Yet, I can feel myself becoming (I can feel myself)
 E              G#m     F#
Someone only you could want

Headed straight for the concrete
In a nightmare, screaming
Now I'm wide awake, spiraling
And you don't wanna talk
Just take me back to Montreal
I'll get a real job, you'll go back to school
We can burn out in the freezing cold
And just get lost

Chorus:
Emily, I'm sorry, baby (Emily, I)
You know how I get when I'm wrong
(You know how I get)
And I can feel myself becoming (I can feel)
Somebody I'm not, I'm not, so
Emily, forgive me, can we (Emily, I)
Make it up as we go along?
I'm twenty-seven and I don't know who I am
(Don't know who I am)
But I know what I want

    B      F#    E
Emily, I'm sorry
    B      F#    E B
Emily, I'm sorry
    F#    E
I'm sorry


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

D#m

Guitar chord D#m

E

Guitar chord E

F#

Guitar chord F#

G#m

Guitar chord G#m

B

Guitar chord B

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Emily I'm Sorry" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Emily I'm Sorry" by boygenius.