Artist: Powderfinger
Song:   Empty Space
Album:  "Footprints" The Best of Powderfinger 2001 - 2011 (2011)
URL:    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Footprints:_The_Best_of_Powderfinger,_2001-2011;
        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powderfinger
Tempo:  4|4
Style:  Ballad
Tuning: Standard


Chords:
        EADGBe
:     X02210
:      332010
:     022000
:  X02200
:      320003


INTRO:
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VERSE 1:(Solo Rhythm)
           
Everybody sayi

              
ng, it's such 

 
a shame -
             
About you and 

      
I.
              
Who are they t

  
o say -
             
That we never 

         
tried?
             
Was it all a w

             
aste, was it a

           
ll in vain?


(Lead Refrain)


VERSE 2:
             
I never ever s

              
aw this coming

    
 in,
            
Not from witho

             
ut, not from w


ithin,
             
Either of our 

         
lives, (Drums 

 
Begin)
             
Was it all a w

             
aste, was it a

      
ll in vain?


(Lead Refrain)


BRIDGE:(Keyboard Accompaniment)
          
Empty space,
              
I still want y

   
ou by my side,
              
In my heart yo

     
u'll stay.
             
Even if the Su

             
n refused to s

hine,
              
I still want y

   
ou by my side.
             
In my heart yo

           
u'll stay.


VERSE 4:(Solo Rhythm + Lead over)
              
Can you tell m

             
e true, is the

       
re any use.
             
In us keeping 

      
on,
              
We found anoth

              
er way, we can

   
't excuse,
             
How it got so 

        
wrong.
             
Was it all a w

             
aste, was it a

      
ll in vain?


(Lead Refrain)


VERSE 3:(All instruments)
          
Empty space,
              
I still want y

   
ou by my side.
              
In my heart yo

     
u'll stay.
             
Even if the Su

             
n refused to s

hine,
              
I still want y

   
ou by my side.
             
In my heart yo

           
u'll stay.


INSTRUMENTAL:(Rhythm + Lead Only)
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Was it all a w

              
aste? Was it a

      
ll in vain?


REFRAIN:(Distorted Repetitious Rhythm over)
   
All in vain?

  
   
Was it all in 

  
vain?

(Lead Riff Over)
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VERSE 4:(All instruments: Cyclical Rhythm under)
   
I still want y

  
ou by my side.
   
In my heart yo

  
u’ll stay.
   
Even if the su

  
n refused to s

hine,
   
In my heart yo

  
u'll stay.
   
Can you tell m

  
e true, is the

re any use.
   
In us keeping 

  
on?
   
Was it all in 

  
Vain?  Yeah-he

y?


(Lead Refrain)


CODA:(Lead over)
   
Oh, I never sa

             
w this coming 


in - [Fade]


[Coda]


Notes.
1. "...This is a lovely music video for Powderfinger, directed by Brisbane animator (and
Ozanimate writer) Paul Lalo. The clip heralds the band’s newly released best of
compilation Footprints.  The 4 minute piece is a great example of the power of simple, 
well designed story telling. Paul tells me it was completed in an astonishingly short 
time period,
in a makeshift 12 man living room studio at his south Brisbane house. Hats off to the 
crew who helped bring it all together, and in particular to Art Director Jenni Vigaud who 
makes her animation debut." http://www.ozanimate.com/2d/powder-finger-empty-spaces/
2. As this was the only previously unreleased single to be included on this
retrospective compilation album, the lyrics are self-referential to "Powderfinger's" own 
Swan Song. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Fanning