Empty Hearts by Josh Ritter


Capo I

Intro: D5 - D5 - E5 - E5 - G5 - G5 (x2)

D5                   A5
So save all of your light
               B5             F#5
For those who can't sleep at night
         G5         D5            A5
And who can't even sing to their shadows
        D5          A5
Oh they ride into town
           B5             F#5
And they throw the shots down
          G5            D5            A5
And they save the last round for the windows


         G5                    D5                  A5
Singing don't let me into this year with an empty heart
A5             G5
With an empty heart
 G5                     D5                  A5
Don't let me into this year with an empty heart


      D5             A5
I'm inside with my friends
          B5         F#5
We build fires and pretend
          G5               D5      A5
That the night could just bend on forever
D5                   A5
While outside in the frost
         B5             F#5
Are the wolves and the lost
       G5           D5         A5
And we sing to the dogs or whoever


         G5                    D5                  A5
Singing don't let me into this year with an empty heart
A5              G5
With an empty heart
      G5                D5                A5
Don't let me into this year with an empty heart

(Bridge) 
B5 - F#5 - B5 - F#5 - G5 - D5 - A5 (x2)

          D5             A5
There's a friend that I have
        B5           F#5
And for her I'll go back
         G5           D5               A5
You see all of these empties that I'm holding
             D5        A5
They're too much for a man
       B5       F#5       
Empty arms, empty hands
            G5             D5          A5
And she'll know me by the sound of my hoping


        G5                      D5                 A5
Singing don't let me into this year with an empty heart
A5                G5
With an empty heart
       G5               D5                 A5
Don't let me into this year with an empty heart.