How Emptiness Sings chords by Christa Wells

• Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
C G F C

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


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

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


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


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


Chorus:
    Am G F C
But ooh,
   Am     Em     F
My bow is on the strings,
    C            G              Am       F
I'm beginning to learn where to find the words
       C         G         C
To the song that emptiness sings
Am G F C        Em     F
Ooh,     bow is on the strings:


Outro:
Am       G    F
Glory to God! Glory to God!
C           G         Am     F
This is how emptiness sings, oh,
C           G         C
This is how emptiness sings
G F C  G F C
Hmmm,  hmmm