Empty Cups chords by Amanda Shires

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: C majorC

🎸 Intro:

N.C.


🎸 Verse 1:
            C majorC
You were looking away towards the trees
               DmDm
There was a time you used to listen closer to me
            E minorEm
As close as the air is to the sea
         C majorC
So close I could feel you breathe

🎸 Verse 2:
C majorC
How we got here? I'd say quietly
             DmDm
As quietly as those same trees grew to shade
           E minorEm
One day at a time and further away
           A minorAm
Further and further, further away


🎸 Chorus:
G+G   C majorC       FF
Now my hands are two empty cups
             A minorAm
Maybe I was asking for a little too much
             G+G
To keep the newness from wearing off
             FF
For every start, thеre's gonna be a stop


🎸 Verse 3:
                     C majorC
You're lеaving now through the hole of an argument
                DmDm
I guess for a while you've been looking for the exit
                      E minorEm
You slammed the door so hard
I still hear rattling spoons
               C majorC
The sound of silence rings in every room

🎸 Verse 4:
C majorC
The last talk left me a makeup rainbow of tears
                 DmDm
Turned everything blurry
I can't see a thing from here
          E minorEm
I tried so hard to make myself clear
          A minorAm
Life can't help but interfere


🎸 Bridge:
G+G      C majorC         FF
You used to lean in like I was whispering
         A minorAm
Any excuse to get near again
           G+G
I still miss the way you lean in
           C majorC
What happened between now and then


🎸 Chorus:
C majorC          FF
And my hands are two empty cups
             A minorAm
Maybe I was asking for a little too much
             G+G
To keep the newness from wearing off
             FF
For every start, there's gonna be a stop


🎸 Interlude:
C majorC E minorEm FF A minorAm G+G


🎸 Verse 5:
        C majorC
I was always a sucker for your wrist at my cheek
              DmDm
There was a time when I was everything
            E minorEm
And I tried so hard to make myself clear
       A minorAm
Somehow life interfered


Out-🎸 Chorus:
C majorC          FF
Now my hands are two empty cups
             A minorAm
Maybe I was asking for a little too much
             G+G
To keep the newness from wearing off
             C majorC
For every start, there's gonna be a stop
         FF
My hands are two empty cups
             A minorAm
Maybe I was asking for a little too much
C majorC            G+G
To keep the newness from wearing off
             FF        C majorC
For every start, there's gonna be a stop