Empty Cups chords by Amanda Shires

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: C

🎸 Intro:

N.C.



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

🎸 Verse 2:
C
How we got here? I'd say quietly
                         Dm
As quietly as those same trees grew to shade
                      Em
One day at a time and further away
                     Am
Further and further, further away


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


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


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


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


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


🎸 Interlude:
C  Em  F  Am G


🎸 Verse 5:
               C
I was always a sucker for your wrist at my cheek
                            Dm
There was a time when I was everything
                       Em
And I tried so hard to make myself clear
             Am
Somehow life interfered


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