Empty Chords by Ray LaMontagne

[Start]

[Intro]
Bm Gmaj7 G Dmaj7 Gmaj7 G
■  ■     ■ ■     ■     ■
D G D Bm
■ ■ ■ ■ 


[Verse]
G                                  
She lifts her skirt up to her knees
G                            
Walks through the garden rows
                   D       
With her bare feet laughing
        G                            
I never learned to count my blessings
  G                      
I choose instead to dwell
      D        
In my disasters
A   Bm                   
■ I walk on down the hill
Gb                      
Through grass grown tall
              Gb7  
And brown and still
     G           
It's hard somehow
             D      
To let go of my pain


[Chorus]
Bm7             Bm         
■   On past the busted back
        Gb             Gb7     
Of that old and rusted Cadillac
     Gmaj7           G    
That sinks into this field
D              
Collecting rain
       A           G Bm   Gb7 Gb D  
Will I always feel ■ this ■   ■  way


[Solo]
A       
So empty
G  Bm Gb7      
So ■  estranged
Gb  Gb7 B7 Bm          G                        
And ■   ■  ■  of these cut throat busted sunsets


[Verse]
      G                           
These cold and damp white mornings
       D          
I have grown weary
              G                
If through my cracked and dusty
G              
Dime store lips
  G                         
I spoke these words out loud
             D      
Would no one hear me


[Chorus]
         Bm                     
Lay your blouse across the chair
    Gb              
Let fall the flowers
Gb            
From your hair
    G      
And kiss me
          G            
With that country mouth
D       
So plain
Bm                         
Outside the rain is tapping
       Gb    
On the leaves
         Gb         
To me it sounds like
        G            
They're applauding us
    G         
The quiet love
D         
We've made
A    A7 G           Bm   Gb7 Gb
Will I  always feel this way ■ 


[Solo]
D  A    
So empty
G  Bm Gb7      
So ■  estranged
Gb Gb7 Bm G D G
■  ■   ■  ■ ■ ■
Dsus4 G D Bm
■     ■ ■ ■ 


[Verse]
       G                A7         
Well I looked my demons in the eyes
G                
Lay bare my chest
     G           
Said do your best
   D         
To destroy me
         G                    
See I've been to hell and back
   A    G    
So many times
       G    
I must admit
          D      
You kinda bore me


[Chorus]
A         Bm             
■ There's a lot of things
         Bm        
That can kill a man
          Gb         
There's a lot of ways
   Gb 
To die
             G          
Yes and some already did
         D        
And walk beside me
        Bm             
There's a lot of things
        Bm        
I don't understand
    Gb                
Why so many people lie
         Gb7    G              
It's the hurt I hide that fuels
                G 
The fire inside me


[Outro]
D A G Bm Gb7 Gb
■ ■ ■ ■  ■   ■ 
       D      A            
Will I always feel this way
G  Bm   
So empty
Gb          
So estranged
Gb7 Gb Gb7 Bm Bm7
■   ■  ■   ■  ■  


[End]