Empty - Ray LaMontagne
Capo: Fret 2
Tuning: Cm, E A D G B E
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]
[Verse]
She lifts her
skirt up to he
r knees
Walks through
the garden row
s with her bar
e feet, laughi
ng
I never learne
d to count my
blessings
I choose inste
ad to dwell in
my disasters
Walk on down t
he hill
Through the gr
ass grown tall
and brown
And still it's
hard somehow
to let go of m
y pain
On past the bu
sted back
Of that old an
d rusted Cadil
lac
That sinks int
o this field c
ollecting rain
[Bridge]
Will I always
feel this way
So empty, so e
stranged
[Verse]
Of these cutth
roat busted su
nsets,
These cold and
damp white mo
rnings I have
grown weary
If through my
cracked and du
sty dime store
lips
I spoke these
words out loud
would no one
hear me
Lay your blous
e across the c
hair
Let fall the f
lowers from yo
ur hair
And kiss me wi
th that countr
y mouth so pla
in
Outside the ra
in is tapping
on the leaves
To me it sound
s like they're
applauding us,
the quiet lov
e we've made
[Bridge]
Will I always
feel this way
So empty, so e
stranged
[Interlude]
[Verse]
Well I looked
my demons in t
he eyes
Laid bare my c
hest said do y
our best and d
estroy me
See I've been
to hell and ba
ck so many tim
es
I must admit y
ou kind of bor
e me
There's a lot
of things that
can kill a ma
n
There's a lot
of ways to die
Yes and some a
lready dead wh
o walked besid
e me
There's a lot
of things I do
n't understand
Why so many pe
ople lie
Well it's the
hurt I hide th
at fuels the f
ires inside me
[Bridge]
Will I always
feel this way
So empty, so e
stranged
[Outro]