Harry Chapin – Empty (Guitar)

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by Harry Chapin [Intro] G G [Verse 1]
      Am
[tab]      G
[tab]      Am
[tab]              Bm
The day won't start...

       Em              G
Well I got no place to go now

  C7                 Em
I really do not know how

   Am7
To like my life...

                G
Now that you're gone.
[Verse 2]
      Am
Empty mailbox...

      G
Empty head...

      Am
Empty promise...

      Bm
Empty bed...

  Em                   G
I really can't believe in

    C7                  Em
The thought of you just leavin'

       Am7
But no one's here...

            G
You must be gone.
[Bridge]
Cm
I guess I took you for granted

Gm
I thought of us as one

            Cm
But now the laugh's on me

       Gm
'Cause your half of me

A7                     Bbm
Just took off with the sun.
[Verse 3]
      Am
Empty pockets...

      G
Empty day...

      Am
Empty feeling...

          Bm
Won't go away...

       Em             G
Well I never meant to use you

      C7                Em
And I never thought I'd lose you

    Am7
But no one's here

            G
And you are gone.
[Verse 4]
      Am
Empty closet (Guess I got to be)

      G
Empty heart (Like the circus man)

      Am
Empty morning (Just swallow the knife)

              Bm
The day won't start (As well as I can)

       Em              G
Well I got no place to go now

  C7                 Em
I really do not know how

   Am7
To like my life...

                G
Now that you're gone.
[Outro]
               Am
I got an empty ice box

               G
I got an empty head

                  Am
And it's an empty morning

            G
In my empty bed

                       Am
There's nothing in the mail box

                      G
There's nothing in my heart

                        Am
And I'm feeling kind of lonely

          G
Day won't start

      Am
Empty ice box...

      G
Empty head...

      Am
Empty morning...

      G
Empty bed...