{title: Emmylou}
{artist: First Aid Kit}
{album: The Lion's Roar (2012)}
{key: G}
{tempo: 95}
{difficulty: beginner}
{tags: hearthside,duet}
{video: youtube:PC57z-oDPLs}
{credit: First Aid Kit - 'Emmylou' (Official Video, from The Lion's Roar, 2012). (c) Wichita Recordings.}

{c: Swedish sisters Johanna and Klara Söderberg singing about the great American duet couples:}
{c: Gram Parsons / Emmylou Harris, Johnny Cash / June Carter.}
{c: A song about singing duets, written for two voices to sing together.}
{c: Lyrics copyright the artists. Chord skeleton below.}
{c: For full lyrics: the official music video, First Aid Kit's lyric pages.}

{c: ===== KEY & CAPO =====}
{c: Original recording in G. Play in G, no capo, standard tuning.}
{c: Sits in a comfortable singing range for most male/female pairs.}

{c: ===== STRUCTURE =====}
{c: Verse → Chorus → Verse → Chorus → Bridge → Final Chorus}

{c: ===== VERSE PROGRESSION (in G) =====}
[G]________ [D]________ [C]________ [G]________
[G]________ [D]________ [C]________ [G]________

{c: ===== CHORUS PROGRESSION =====}
{c: The "I'll be your Emmylou and I'll be your June" hook.}
[Em]________ [D]________ [C]________ [G]________
[Em]________ [D]________ [C]________ [D]________

{c: ===== BRIDGE =====}
[C]________ [G]________ [D]________ [G]________

{c: ===== HOW THE FAMILY BAND PLAYS IT =====}
{c: Verse: she sings lead, you sing harmony underneath (low third or fifth). Light strum or fingerpick.}
{c: Chorus: both voices full on "I'll be your Emmylou…" — this is the centerpiece.}
{c: Or swap — you on lead, she on harmony. The song works either way.}
{c: Fiddle: sparse counter-melody, mostly long sustained notes.}
{c: Kid: bodhrán with a soft waltz pattern, or just shaker.}

{c: ===== WHY IT WORKS FOR YOU =====}
{c: This is a duet about duets. The Söderberg sisters are name-checking the model marriages of country music — couples who built whole catalogues out of two voices singing across one microphone. Sing this together and you're not just covering it, you're enrolling. The most on-the-nose pick in the chapter and also the most beautiful. Save it for late in the set.}