How Emptiness Sings chords by Christa Wells

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
C majorC G+G FF C majorC

Verse:
C majorC               A minorAm     FF
Brother, he's suffered like a tree taken down
C majorC     G+G       A minorAm      FF
Wept as he witnessed his dreams carved out
  C majorC            A minorAm      FF
And how can a man just keep walking around
     G+G
With his heart full of holes

Chorus:
  A minorAm G+G FF C majorC
But ooh,
  A minorAm   E minorEm   FF
His bow is on the strings
    C majorC     G+G      A minorAm  FF
And the tune resonates in the open space
  C majorC      G+G     C majorC
To show us how emptiness sings:
A minorAm    C majorC  FF
Glory to God, Glory to God!
  C majorC      G+G
In fullness of wisdom,
  A minorAm    G+G   FF
He writes my story into his song,
  C majorC      G+G    C majorC
My life for the glory of God.
G+G FF C majorC G+G FF C majorC
Hmm,  hmmm


Verse:
C majorC   G+G      A minorAm    FF
Sister carries her loneliness
   C majorC       A minorAm     FF
In a hidden hollow inside her chest
  C majorC           A minorAm     FF
And sometimes all that she wants is an end
    G+G
To the long, long night


Chorus:
  A minorAm G+G FF C majorC
But ooh,
  A minorAm   E minorEm   FF
His bow is on the strings
    C majorC     G+G      A minorAm  FF
And the tune resonates in the open space
  C majorC      G+G     C majorC
To show us how emptiness sings:
A minorAm      FF
Glory to God, Glory to God!
  C majorC      G+G
In fullness of wisdom,
  A minorAm    G+G   FF
He writes my story into his song,
  C majorC      G+G    C majorC
My life for the glory of God.
G+G FF C majorC G+G FF C majorC
Hmm,  hmmm
G+G FF
Hmm

Bridge:
 C majorC      G+G      A minorAm      FF
I haven't been asked yet to walk the hard roads
C majorC        G+G       A minorAm     FF
Still there's a sense of deep loss in my soul
    C majorC      G+G      A minorAm      FF
In the middle of a party, I'll just want to go
G+G
Home.


Chorus:
  A minorAm G+G FF C majorC
But ooh,
  A minorAm   E minorEm   FF
My bow is on the strings,
  C majorC      G+G       A minorAm    FF
I'm beginning to learn where to find the words
    C majorC     G+G     C majorC
To the song that emptiness sings
A minorAm G+G FF C majorC    E minorEm   FF
Ooh,   bow is on the strings:


Outro:
A minorAm    G+G  FF
Glory to God! Glory to God!
C majorC      G+G     A minorAm   FF
This is how emptiness sings, oh,
C majorC      G+G     C majorC
This is how emptiness sings
G+G FF C majorC G+G FF C majorC
Hmmm, hmmm