Empty Hearted Town chords by Warren Zevon

Chords with lyrics

Warren Zevon

Empty Handed Heart


[Intro]

D MajorD C majorC E minorEm G+G   D MajorD A augmentedA


[Verse 1]

D MajorD
 Ain't life strange
B minorBm
 Ain't it funny
Bb majorBb            DbmDbm
 Nothing matters much but love and money
G+G           A augmentedA
 Things don't work out the way you reckonded
D MajorD
 Money comes first
            A augmentedA
And the love. comes. second.
F#F#
   Cigarettes make the sun come up
B minorBm
   Whiskey makes the sun go down
E minorEm
   And in between
A augmentedA
   We do a lot of standing around
B minorBm        A augmentedA
 It's all I can do
  G+G         D MajorD
To make it through the day
D MajorD
She wrapped it all in darkness
D MajorD          A augmentedA
And I can't find my way, and


[Chorus]
D MajorD             G+G    D MajorD
I'm walking down the sidewalks of LA
              A augmentedA
Wishing I had a warmer jacket
               D MajorD
And the leaves are falling down
C majorC  G+G
   I'm just another man
    D MajorD   A augmentedA   G+G
With an empty handed heart
   D MajorD        A augmentedA
In an eee-mpty hearted town

[Verse]
D MajorD            B minorBm
   It started out alright
Bb majorBb          E MajorE
   Ended up all wrong
G+G       A augmentedA
Shoulda done, shoulda done
       D MajorD
That's my song
B minorBm    A augmentedA             BB
 Now the night is falling hard and fast
E minorEm                A augmentedA
 All dressed up for the masquerade
    A minorAm       D MajorD        G+G     B minorBm    E MajorE  E minorEm D MajorD
And the lights of the city stretch as far as the eye can see
C majorC      G+G        E minorEm
 Look what wonders man has made
C majorC      G+G        A augmentedA
 Look what wonders man has made


[Chorus]
  D MajorD           G+G    D MajorD
I'm walking down the sidewalks of LA
             A augmentedA
Wishing I had a warmer jacket
              D MajorD
And the leaves are falling down
   G+G      E minorEm  Bb majorBb
I'm just another man
     D MajorD      G+G
With an empty handed heart
     D MajorD       A augmentedA
In an eee-mpty hearted town
 D MajorD            G+G    D MajorD
I'm walking down the sidewalks of LA
             A augmentedA
Wishing I had a warmer jacket
            D MajorD