Empty Handed Chords & Tabs
Michelle Branch
Empty Handed
Hotel Paper
2003 Maverick Records
Submitted by canuck_inbred@yahoo.com
Chords Used:
Dm- xx0231
G- 320033
C- x32010
Em- 022000
D- xx0232
Cadd9- x32033
Bb- x13331
Intro: Dm-G-C-G (x2)
Verse 1:
Dm G C G
Here I am, take me
Dm G C G
It's easier to give in... no oo woo oo woo oo o
Dm G C G
Some people mistake me
Dm G C G
They only hear what they want to hear
Refrain 1:
2nd Guitar:
e|-0h2---0h2-|-2h3---2h3-|
B|-----3-----|-----3-----|
G|-----------|-----------|
D|-----------|-----------| (x2)
A|-----------|-----------|
E|-----------|-----------|
D Em C
If you're losing sleep, forgive me
D Em C
I just can't keep pretending
Chorus:
D Cadd9
I'm packing my bags 'cause I don't wanna be
Bb D
The only one who's drowning in their misery
D Cadd9
And I'll take that chance 'cause I just wanna breathe
Bb D
And I won't look back and wonder how it's supposed to be
D-G-C-G-D-G-C-G
How it's supposed to be... ho woo
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/michelle_branch/empty_handed_crd.html ]
Verse 2:
Dm G C G
There's a prism by the window
Dm G C G
It lets the light leak in... no oo woo oo woo oo o
Dm G C G
I wish you would let me
Dm G C G
You feel the water but do you swim... mm mm oh oo oh oo woo oo oh
Refrain 2:
2nd Guitar:
e|-0h2---0h2-|-2h3---2h3-|
B|-----3-----|-----3-----|
G|-----------|-----------|
D|-----------|-----------| (x2)
A|-----------|-----------|
E|-----------|-----------|
D Em C
And it's only me, empty handed
D Em C
With a childish grin, and a camera
(Repeat Chorus except last line)
D
How it's supposed to be... ho woo
Interlude:
e|-------------------|-----------|
B|-------------------|-----------|
G|-------------------|-----------| (x4)
D|-------0h4p0h4h5p4-|-2h4p2h4p0-|
A|-2/3/5-------------|-----------|
E|-------------------|-----------|
Bridge:
D
La da, n da, n da n da n da
Cadd9
La da, n da, n da n da aye, aye
Bb
La da n da n da n da aye aye
D
La da n da n da
(Repeat)
(Repeat Chorus)
Coda:
D
How it's supposed to be
Cadd9
Tell me how it's supposed to be
Bb D
Tell me how, tell me how, tell me how it's supposed to be
D Cadd9
Ohh oo woo ho oo oh, ho oo woo ho oo woo
Bb D
Only one, the only one who's drowning in their misery
Caad9
'Cause I'm packing my bags
Bb
'Cause I'm packing my bags
D
And I won't be back
Yeah eh yeah
D Cadd9 Bb D
Packing my bags 'cause I don't want to be... Ohh oo woo, yeah eh yeah