Empty Handed Chords by Michelle Branch

Michelle Branch
Empty Handed
Hotel Paper
2003 Maverick Records
Submitted by canuck_inbred@yahoo.com

Chords Used:

Dm-     xx0231
G-      320033
C-      x32010
Em-     022000
D-      xx0232
Cadd9-  x32033
Bb-     x13331

Intro: Dm-G-C-G (x2)


Verse 1:
Dm       G   C      G
  Here I am, take me
Dm        G           C   G
  It's easier to give in... no oo woo oo woo oo o
Dm        G      C      G
  Some people mistake me
Dm          G                      C   G
  They only hear what they want to hear


Refrain 1:

2nd Guitar:
e|-0h2---0h2-|-2h3---2h3-|
B|-----3-----|-----3-----|
G|-----------|-----------|
D|-----------|-----------| (x2)
A|-----------|-----------|
E|-----------|-----------|

D Em                C
   If you're losing sleep, forgive me
D Em            C
   I just can't keep pretending


Chorus:
    D                                    Cadd9
I'm packing my bags 'cause I don't wanna be
    Bb                               D
The only one who's drowning in their misery
         D                                    Cadd9
And I'll take that chance 'cause I just wanna breathe
      Bb                                    D
And I won't look back and wonder how it's supposed to be
                     D-G-C-G-D-G-C-G
How it's supposed to be... ho woo


Verse 2:
Dm          G            C     G
  There's a prism by the window
Dm            G          C         G
  It lets the light leak in... no oo woo oo woo oo o
Dm       G         C     G
  I wish you would let me
Dm             G                C              G
  You feel the water but do you swim... mm mm oh oo oh oo woo oo oh


Refrain 2:


2nd Guitar:
e|-0h2---0h2-|-2h3---2h3-|
B|-----3-----|-----3-----|
G|-----------|-----------|
D|-----------|-----------| (x2)
A|-----------|-----------|
E|-----------|-----------|

D Em             C
   And it's only me, empty handed
D Em               C
   With a childish grin, and a camera

(Repeat Chorus except last line)
                     D
How it's supposed to be... ho woo


Interlude:
e|-------------------|-----------|
B|-------------------|-----------|
G|-------------------|-----------| (x4)
D|-------0h4p0h4h5p4-|-2h4p2h4p0-|
A|-2/3/5-------------|-----------|
E|-------------------|-----------|


Bridge:
D
La da, n da, n da n da n da
Cadd9
La da, n da, n da n da aye, aye
Bb
La da n da n da n da aye aye
D
La da n da n da
(Repeat)

(Repeat Chorus)


Coda:
    D
How it's supposed to be
        Cadd9
Tell me how it's supposed to be
        Bb                        D
Tell me how, tell me how, tell me how it's supposed to be
    D            Cadd9
Ohh oo woo ho oo oh, ho oo woo ho oo woo
Bb                           D
Only one, the only one who's drowning in their misery
                      Caad9
'Cause I'm packing my bags
                      Bb
'Cause I'm packing my bags
               D
And I won't be back

Yeah eh yeah
D                                      Cadd9   Bb              D
Packing my bags 'cause I don't want to be... Ohh oo woo, yeah eh yeah