Misc Musicals – Les Misérables - Empty Chairs At Empty Tables (Guitar Tab)
Capo 1
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Chords
Note: This is the Eddie Redmayne version
[Verse 1] - The first part is A Capella, but I put the chords in for reference:
Am
There's a grief that can't be spoken.
C
There's a pain goes on and on.
Dm
Empty chairs at empty tables
E
Now my friends are dead and
_gone. Here they talked of _revolution
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|------0h1--------0h1-----------------------------0h1-----|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---2-----------2-------------------------------2---------|
A|-0-----------0-------------------------------0-----------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
_here it was they lit the _flame _here they sang about
e|--------------------------------------0----------0-----------------|
B|-----0h1----------------------------3----------3-------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---2------------------------------2----------2---------------------|
A|-0------------------------------3----------3-----------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
_tomorrow _and tomorrow never _came
e|-----0h1----------4-------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------1----------1-----|
G|---2------------1---------------------------------------|
D|-0------------2---------------------2-----------2-------|
A|----------------------------------0-----------0---------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|[Bridge]
From the _table in the _corner They could _see a _world _reborn
e|------------------------------1---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------1------1-----1---1-------------------------------1-------3---|
G|-------------0------3-----2-----------------------------3-----2-------3-----|
D|------------------2-----3---------3-------------------1-----1-------3-------|
A|-----------3----3-----------------------------------1-----3-------1---------|
E|---------3----------------------------------------3-------------------------|
and they _rose with voices ringing and I can _hear them now
e|--------------------------------------------------------------6----13--|
B|-------3---3---3-----3-5-----5------------------------3-----6----13----|
G|---------0---------0-------5------------------------3-----7----15------|
D|-----------------0-------5------------------------3-----8--------------|
A|------------------------------------------------1----------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
the very words that they have sung became their last _communion
e|---------------8---------------------------------6-----------------5---|
B|-------------10--10----11p10----10-------------6-----------------6-----|
G|-----------10------10-------10----10---------7-----------------7-------|
D|---------12----------12-------12----12--12-8---------------5h8---------|
A|--------------------------------------13-------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
On this lonely baricade at dawn.
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------1----------0h1---------0h1-|
G|-------2----------------2---2----------------------------|
D|-3---3--------------------2------------2-----------2-----|
A|---3---------------------------------0-----------0-------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|[Verse 2]
Oh my friends, my friends, forgive me
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------0h1---|
G|----------------------------------|
D|--------------------------2-------|
A|------------------------0---------|
E|----------------------------------|
_that I live and you are gone _there's a grief that can't be
e|--------------------------------------0----------0-----------------|
B|-----0h1----------------------------3----------3-------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---2------------------------------2----------2---------------------|
A|-0------------------------------3----------3-----------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
_spoken. There's a pain goes on and on
e|-----0h1-----------------4-------------4-|
B|---------------------------------------5-|
G|---2-------------------1---------------6-|
D|-0-------------------2-----------------6-|
A|---------------------------------------4-|
E|-----------------------------------------|[It's probably best not to follow the actual guitar part for this part.
play emotionally and freely; here are the chords you can use as a guide].
C#m
Phantom faces at the window.
E
Phantom shadows on the floor.
F#m
Empty chairs at empty tables
G# C#m
Where my friends will meet no more.
C#m
Oh my friends, my friends, don't ask me
E
What your sacrifice was for
F#m Empty chairs at empty tables e|---------------------2-----------| B|---------------------2-----------| G|---------------------2-----------| D|---------------------4-----------| A|---------------------4-----------| E|---------------------2-----------| G# Where my friends will sing no _more. C# e|-------------4--------------------------0---------------0-----------------0-4-| B|----------------------------2-------4-------2-------4-----------2---4-------5-| G|-----------5--------------------1-----1---1-----1-----1---1---1---------1---6-| D|---------6--------------------2---2-----------2---2---------2-----2---2-----6-| A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------4-| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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