EMPTY CHAIRS    (Listen to sample)

 

   G                                                     Am

1.    I feel the trembling tinkle of the sleepless night,

C                                D                         G

    creep through my fingers, and the moon is bright.

                                                                      Am

    Beams of blue come trickling through my window pane,

C                    D                                        G

    like gipsy moths that dance around a candle flame.

                                      Am  - D                                 G

    And I wonder if you know,      that I never understood,

Em                                            Am

    that although you said you'd go,

        C                  D                             G       - Am - D

    until you did, I never thought you would.

   G                                             Am

2.   Moonlight used to bathe the contours of your face,

C                           D                                G

    while chestnut hair fell all around the pillow case.

                                                                 Am

    The fragrance of your flowers rests beneath my head,

C                                D                      G

    the sympathy  of o.k. left  with the love that's dead.

                                      Am  - D                                 G

    And I wonder if you know,      that I never understood,

Em                                            Am

    that although you said you'd go,

        C                  D                             G      

    until you did, I never thought you would.

                                                                    Em

    Never thought the words you said were true,

C                                                                     D

   never thought you thought just what you meant.

Bm                                       Em

    Never knew how much I needed you,

C                                  Am      - D                  G     - Am - D

    never thought you'd leave  -      until you went.

 

  G                                                                Am

3.   Morning comes and morning goes with no regret,

C                                        D               G

    the evening brings the memories I can't forget.

                                                 Am

    Empty rooms that echo as I climb the stairs,

C                                          D                       G

    and empty clothes that drape and fall on empty chairs.

 

+ CHORUS  + Am - D – G       (Don McLean)