Josh Ritter | Empty Hearts

[Richard Peikoff]

Josh Ritter | Empty Hearts


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Notes:
'--': 1 bar of 4/4
Capo: 3rd fret
bpm: 68/72
RT: 4:37

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E...A...D...G...B...E
6...5...4...3...2...1: Chords

3...3...2...0...1...0: C/G or
X...3...2...0...1...0: C
X...X...0...2...1...1: Dm7 or
X...0...0...2...3...1: Dm7/A
1...3...3...2...1...1: F or
X...X...3...2...1...1: F or
X...3...3...2...1...1: F/C
X...0...2...2...1...0: Am
0...2...2...0...0...0: Em
3...2...0...0...3...3: G



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Intro: [0:00]

C/G-- Dm F-- C/G-- Dm F--

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Verse: [0:13]

_______C_________G--
So save all of your light,
_____________Am__________Em--
For those who can't sleep at night,
_________F________C--_______G--______
And who can't even sing to their shadows.
________C_______G--
Oh they ride into town,
_________Am____________Em--
And they throw the shots down,
_________F__________C--_________G--______
And they save the last round for the windows.

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Chorus: [0:42]

________F__________________C--
Singing don't let me into this year
______________G___
With an empty heart,
______________F--
With an empty heart.
F__________________C--_______________G--
Don't let me into this year with an empty heart.

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Interlude: [0:56]

C/G-- Dm F-- C/G-- Dm F--

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Verse: [1:10]

______C__________G--
I'm inside with my friends,
_________Am________Em--
We build fires and pretend,
_________F_____________C--_______G--
That the night could just bend on forever..
_________C______________G--
While outside in the frost,
_______Am___________Em--
Are the wolves and the lost,
________F_________C--________G--
And we sing to the dogs or whoever.

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Chorus: [1:38]

________F__________________C--
Singing don't let me into this year
______________G___
With an empty heart,
______________F--
With an empty heart.
F__________________C--_______________G--
Don't let me into this year with an empty heart.

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Bridge: [1:53]

Am Em-- Am Em-- F C-- G-- Instrumental
Am Em-- Am Em-- F C-- G-- Vocalization

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Verse: [2:20]

_________C______________G--
There's a friend that I have,
________Am___________Em--
And for her I'll go back,
________F________C--_____________G--
You see all of these empties that I'm holding.
___________C_______________G--
They're too much for a man,
_______Am________Em--
Empty arms, empty hands,
__________F_____________C--_________G--
And she'll know me by the sound of my hoping.

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Chorus: [2:48]

________F__________________C--
Singing don't let me into this year
______________G___
With an empty heart,
______________F--
With an empty heart.
F__________________C--_______________G--
Don't let me into this year with an empty heart.

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Chorus: [3:03]

________F__________________C--
Singing don't let me into this year
______________G___
With an empty heart,
______________F--
With an empty heart.
F__________________C--_______________G--
Don't let me into this year with an empty heart.

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Chorus Variation: [3:17]

C--____________________
Don't let me into this year
______________Dm7___
With an empty heart,
______________F--
With an empty heart.
C--___________________________________Dm7 F--
Don't let me into this year with an empty heart.

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Chorus Variation: [3:31]

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Chorus Variation: [3:46]

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Chorus Variation: [4:00]

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Chorus Variation: [4:14]

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End: [4:28]_____________


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