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