• Song:

    An Empty Cup

  • Artist:

    Roy Orbison

An Empty Cup:Roy Orbison.
Written and recorded by Orbison in 1957.
Buddy Holly did the song the same year.

INTRO: F Bb (x2) F

#1.
F (133211@1)                  Bb (x1333x@1)          FOne (133211@1)lonely night.....at this drive-in.
Bb (x1333x@1)      F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1)              FAnd (133211@1)now I know.....what a fool I've been.

CHORUS:
Bb (x1333x@1)       CShe (x32010@1)was to meet me.. (an empty cup, a broken date.)
         Fwe (133211@1)had a date.. (a broken date, an empty cup.)
          Ga (320003@1)date at seven....I dreamed of Heaven,
Cnow, (x32010@1)it's way past eight.

#2.
C (x32010@1)            F (133211@1)   Bb (x1333x@1)         FShe (133211@1)just drove by....with another guy.
Bb (x1333x@1)      F (133211@1)  C (x32010@1)            F (133211@1) Bb (x1333x@1)name="chord_133211@1">F
No wonder I....can't help but cry.

CHORUS:#2.
Bb (x1333x@1)               C (x32010@1)                   FTo (133211@1)think she never cared...just tears me up..
           G (320003@1)                     Cnow, (x32010@1)all I have, to show for love..is this empty cup.

#3.
C (x32010@1)            F (133211@1)     Bb (x1333x@1)       FJust (133211@1)like this Coke....my love is gone.
Bb (x1333x@1)         F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1)          FI've (133211@1)hit the bottom...now I'm all alone.
Bb (x1333x@1) FAll (133211@1)alone.

A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.


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