• Song:

    Empty

  • Artist:

    Ray Lamontagne

  • Album:

    Live from Bonnaroo 2005

Posted by ant
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Capo 2nd Fret
Standard Tuning

The second version of this song is spot on short of one chord.  I prefer to use the capo 
it seems to flow better, imho.

    Am (x02210@1)     F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)     E (022100@1)    E7e (020130@1)|--0--| |--1--| |--0--| |--0--| |--0--|
b |--1--| |--1--| |--1--| |--0--| |--3--|
g |--2--| |--2--| |--0--| |--1--| |--1--|
d |--2--| |--3--| |--2--| |--2--| |--2--|
a |--0--| |--3--| |--3--| |--2--| |--2--|
E |-----| |--1--| |-----| |--0--| |--0--|


Intro
Am (x02210@1)name="chord_133211@1">F  C (x32010@1)F (133211@1)C (x32010@1)FShe (133211@1)lifts her skirt up to her knees
                                                  CWalks (x32010@1)through the garden rows with her bare feet, laughing
FI (133211@1)never learned to count my blessings
                                    CI (x32010@1)choose instead to dwell in my disasters

AmWalk (x02210@1)on down the hill
            EThrough (022100@1)the grass grown tall and brown
               F (133211@1)                          CAnd (x32010@1)still it's hard somehow to let go of my pain
AmOn (x02210@1)past the busted back
        EOf (022100@1)this old and rusted Cadillac
     F (133211@1)                             CThat (x32010@1)sinks into this field collecting rain

C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)  F (133211@1)  Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1)  E7Will (020130@1)I always feel this way
C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1) F (133211@1)Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1)  E7So (020130@1)empty, so estranged

Am (x02210@1)FOf (133211@1)these cutthroat busted sunsets,
                                          CThese (x32010@1)cold and damp white mornings I have grown weary
FIf (133211@1)through my cracked and dusty dimestore lips
                                          CI (x32010@1)spoke these words out loud would no one hear me

AmLay (x02210@1)your blouse across the chair
    ELet (022100@1)fall the flowers from your hair
    F (133211@1)                                CAnd (x32010@1)kiss me with that country mouth so plain
AmOutside (x02210@1)the rain is tapping on the leaves
ETo (022100@1)me it sounds like they're
F (133211@1)                              Capplauding (x32010@1)us, the quiet love we make

C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)  F (133211@1)  Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1)  E7Will (020130@1)I always feel this way
C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1) F (133211@1)Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1)  E7So (020130@1)empty, so estranged

Am (x02210@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) F (133211@1) C (x32010@1)FWell (133211@1)I looked my demons in the eyes
                                         CLaid (x32010@1)bare my chest said do your best and destroy me
FSee (133211@1)I've been to hell and back so many times
                         CI (x32010@1)must admit you kind of bore me

AmThere's (x02210@1)a lot of things that can kill a man
           EThere's (022100@1)a lot of ways to die
        F (133211@1)                               CYes (x32010@1)and some already dead who walk beside you
AmThere's (x02210@1)a lot of things I don't understand
       EWhy (022100@1)so many people lie
F (133211@1)                                              CWell (x32010@1)it's the hurt you hide that fuels the fires inside you

C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)  F (133211@1)  Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1)  E7Will (020130@1)I always feel this way
C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1) F (133211@1)Am (x02210@1) E (022100@1)  E7So (020130@1)empty, so estranged

Am (x02210@1)F (133211@1)C (x32010@1)F (133211@1)C (x32010@1)Am (x02210@1)
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