Artist: Powderfinger
Song:   Empty Space
Album:  "Footprints" The Best of Powderfinger 2001 - 2011 (2011)
URL:    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Footprints:_The_Best_of_Powderfinger,_2001-2011;
        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powderfinger
Tempo:  4|4
Style:  Ballad
Tuning: Standard


Chords:
        EADGBe
Am:     X02210
C:      332010
Em:     022000
Asus2:  X02200
G:      320003


INTRO:
|Am  |


VERSE 1:(Solo Rhythm)
Am       C                   Em
Everybody saying, it's such a shame -
      G          Am Asus2 Am C
About you and I.
                Em
Who are they to say -
        G            Am Aus2 Am
That we never tried?
             Em                   C    Em Am
Was it all a waste, was it all in vain?


(Lead Refrain)


VERSE 2:
             C              Em Am Asus2 Am C
I never ever saw this coming in,
         Am                Em
Not from without, not from within,
       G              Am Asus2 Am
Either of our lives, (Drums Begin)
             Em                   C
Was it all a waste, was it all in vain?


(Lead Refrain)


BRIDGE:(Keyboard Accompaniment)
      Em    G
Empty space,
                 C
I still want you by my side,
                   G
In my heart you'll stay.
            C              G
Even if the Sun refused to shine,
                 Em
I still want you by my side.
            G           Em Am
In my heart you'll stay.


VERSE 4:(Solo Rhythm + Lead over)
                C                  Em
Can you tell me true, is there any use.
      G          Am Asus2 Am C
In us keeping on,
                               Em
We found another way, we can't excuse,
       G            Am Asus2 Am
How it got so wrong.
             Em                   C
Was it all a waste, was it all in vain?


(Lead Refrain)


VERSE 3:(All instruments)
       Em   G
Empty space,
                 C
I still want you by my side.
                   G
In my heart you'll stay.
            C              G
Even if the Sun refused to shine,
                 Em
I still want you by my side.
            G           Em Am
In my heart you'll stay.


INSTRUMENTAL:(Rhythm + Lead Only)
|Am C Em     G    |
|Am Asus2 Am Em C |
|Em G   Am Aus2 Am|

            Em                    C
Was it all a waste? Was it all in vain?


REFRAIN:(Distorted Repetitious Rhythm over)
Em Am Asus2 Am  C
All in vain?
Em Am Asus2 Am  C
Was it all in vain?

(Lead Riff Over)
|Em Am Asus2 Am  C |
|Em Am Asus2 Am  C|


VERSE 4:(All instruments: Cyclical Rhythm under)
Em Am Asus2 Am  C
I still want you by my side.
Em Am Asus2 Am  C
In my heart you?ll stay.
Em Am Asus2 Am  C
Even if the sun refused to shine,
Em Am Asus2 Am  C
In my heart you'll stay.
Em Am Asus2 Am  C
Can you tell me true, is there any use.
Em Am Asus2 Am  C
In us keeping on?
Em Am Asus2 Am  C
Was it all in Vain?  Yeah-hey?


(Lead Refrain)


CODA:(Lead over)
Em Am Asus2 Am  C           Em
Oh, I never saw this coming in - [Fade]


[Coda]


Notes.
1. "...This is a lovely music video for Powderfinger, directed by Brisbane animator (and
Ozanimate writer) Paul Lalo. The clip heralds the band?s newly released best of
compilation Footprints.  The 4 minute piece is a great example of the power of simple, 
well designed story telling. Paul tells me it was completed in an astonishingly short 
time period,
in a makeshift 12 man living room studio at his south Brisbane house. Hats off to the 
crew who helped bring it all together, and in particular to Art Director Jenni Vigaud who 
makes her animation debut." http://www.ozanimate.com/2d/powder-finger-empty-spaces/
2. As this was the only previously unreleased single to be included on this
retrospective compilation album, the lyrics are self-referential to "Powderfinger's" own 
Swan Song. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Fanning