Empty Live Chords

by Ray LaMontagne
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: Cm
Capo: 2nd fret
Author manE62 [a] 118.
2 contributors total, last edit on Sep 8, 2020
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Chords

Am
F
C
E
G
E7

Strumming

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This was tabbed a while back based on a recording found on the Bonnaroo Live CD, hence the minor differences
compared to the album version
 
Capo Fret 2
 
Listen for strumming, it's great in this song
 
[Intro]
Am F  C  F  C
 
[Verse]
F
She lifts her skirt up to her knees
                                                  C
Walks through the garden rows with her bare feet, laughing
F
I never learned to count my blessings
                                    C
I choose instead to dwell in my disasters
 
Am
Walk on down the hill
            E
Through the grass grown tall and brown
               F                            C
And still it's hard somehow to let go of my pain
Am
On past the busted back
        E
Of that old and rusted Cadillac
     F                                C
That sinks into this field collecting rain
 
[Bridge]
C         G   F    Am   E
Will I always feel this way
C      G  F  Am   E    E7
So empty, so estranged
 
Am
 
[Verse]
F
Of these cutthroat busted sunsets,
                                          C
These cold and damp white mornings I have grown weary
F
If through my cracked and dusty dime store lips
                                          C
I spoke these words out loud would no one hear me
 
Am
Lay your blouse across the chair
    E
Let fall the flowers from your hair
    F                                  C
And kiss me with that country mouth so plain
Am
Outside the rain is tapping on the leaves
E
To me it sounds like they're 
F                                   C
applauding us, the quiet love we've made
 
[Bridge]
C         G   F    Am   E
Will I always feel this way
C      G  F  Am   E    E7
So empty, so estranged
 
[Interlude]
Am   F   C   F   C
 
[Verse]
F
Well I looked my demons in the eyes
                                         C
Laid bare my chest said do your best and destroy me
F
See I've been to hell and back so many times
                         C
I must admit you kind of bore me
 
Am
There's a lot of things that can kill a man
           E
There's a lot of ways to die
        F                                   C
Yes and some already dead who walked beside me
Am
There's a lot of things I don't understand
       E
Why so many people lie
F                                              C
Well it's the hurt I hide that fuels the fires inside me
 
[Bridge]
C         G   F    Am   E
Will I always feel this way
C      G  F  Am   E    E7
So empty, so estranged
 
[Outro]
Am  F  C  F  C  Am
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21 comments
fsuey
great job...but i agree with arcade - the G in the chorus sounds much better.
+4
sbloom
Hey Supernothing....watch the youtube video he actually uses a capo on the second fret so the original tab is right except for the missing G & F chord in the chorus
+3
fsuey
Okay, the way I play it the chorus now is C-G-F-Am-E. Try it out.
+3