Empty chords by Ray Lamontagne

Chords with lyrics

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.

  E7E7
e |--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 MajorE |-----| |--1--| |-----| |--0--| |--0--|

Intro
C majorC

FF
She lifts her skirt up to her knees
                         C majorC
Walks through the garden rows with her bare feet, laughing
FF
I never learned to count my blessings
                  C majorC
I choose instead to dwell in my disasters

A minorAm
Walk on down the hill
      E MajorE
Through the grass grown tall and brown
        C majorC
And still it's hard somehow to let go of my pain
A minorAm
On past the busted back
    E MajorE
Of this old and rusted Cadillac
   C majorC
That sinks into this field collecting rain

E7E7
Will I always feel this way
E7E7
So empty, so estranged

A minorAm

FF
Of these cutthroat busted sunsets,
                     C majorC
These cold and damp white mornings I have grown weary
FF
If through my cracked and dusty dimestore lips
                     C majorC
I spoke these words out loud would no one hear me

A minorAm
Lay your blouse across the chair
  E MajorE
Let fall the flowers from your hair
  C majorC
And kiss me with that country mouth so plain
A minorAm
Outside the rain is tapping on the leaves
E MajorE
To me it sounds like they're
C majorC
applauding us, the quiet love we make

E7E7
Will I always feel this way
E7E7
So empty, so estranged

C majorC

FF
Well I looked my demons in the eyes
                     C majorC
Laid bare my chest said do your best and destroy me
FF
See I've been to hell and back so many times
             C majorC
I must admit you kind of bore me

A minorAm
There's a lot of things that can kill a man
      E MajorE
There's a lot of ways to die
    C majorC
Yes and some already dead who walk beside you
A minorAm
There's a lot of things I don't understand
    E MajorE
Why so many people lie
C majorC
Well it's the hurt you hide that fuels the fires inside you

E7E7
Will I always feel this way
E7E7
So empty, so estranged