Chords with lyrics
This is the song in a lower key, but the chords are more accurate to the melody
than other versions.
Standard Tuning
Intro: C majorC (x2)
[Verse 1]:
C2
Little girls don't know how to be sweet girls.
G+G
Mama didn't teach me.
C2
Little boys don't know how to treat little girls.
G+G
Daddy didn't show me.
C majorC
Face down, on top of your bed
G+G
Oh why did I give it up to you?
C2
Is this how I shoot myself up high,
G+G
just high enough to get through?
E minorEm
Again, for false affection.
C majorC
Again, we break down inside.
[Chorus]:
C majorC
Love, save the empty-ay.
C majorC
Love, save the empty-ay,
G+G
And save me.
[Verse 2]:
C2
Sad boy, you stare up at the sky
G+G
when no one's looking back at you.
C2
You wear your every last disguise.
G+G
You're flying, then you fall through.
E minorEm
Again, for false attention.
C majorC
Again, you're breaking inside.
[Chorus]:
C majorC
Love, save the empty-ay.
C majorC
Love, save the empty-ay.
G+G
Save me.
C majorC
Love, save the empty-ay.
C majorC
Love, save the empty-ay.
[Bridge]:
A minorAm
Scars feel like knives,
C majorC
they tell us what we're fighting.
A minorAm
Storm, wait outside.
C majorC
Oh, love, hold us together.
[Chorus]:
C majorC
Love, save the empty-ay.
C majorC
Love, save the empty-ay.
C majorC
Love, save the empty.
C majorC
Love, save the empty.
C majorC
Save me.
C majorC
And save me.
C majorC (x2)