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Erica Hoyt - Half Empty
Composed by Hector Ruiz
from "The Six Wives of Henry Lefay"
(original key is Bb, so you might transpose it down to A and use capo +1)
Intro:  C   G   Dm   Dm(repeat few times)
  CI preGtend that I am DmstrongDm  
  CBeing Gfar from you, Dmstayin gone, Dmmovin on
  CI am Gputting on a DmfaceDm  
  CAnd Gthere is no one here Dmthat can take your placeDm  
  GBut you're the Freason the Cglass is never fGull
  GSteady Fleaving without Am7reason lacking Dempathy
I'm half CemptyG  Dm  Dm  
  CI am the Gone that breaks the DmfallDm  
  CSeizing the Gmoment right beDmfore we lose it alDml
  CThere's only Gso much i can DmtakeDm  
  CI salvage Gmemories cause Dmwe've both made misDmtakes
  GBut you're the Freason the Cglass is never fGull
  GBlindly Fleading, make beAm7lieving you were Dthere for me
I'm half CemptyG  Dm  Dm  
 C   G   Dm   Dm(repeat and fade out)

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Half Empty

by Erica Hoyt

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Am7

Erica Hoyt - Half Empty

Composed by Hector Ruiz

from "The Six Wives of Henry Lefay"

(original key is Bb, so you might transpose it down to A and use capo +1)

C G Dm Dm

Intro: (repeat few times)

C G Dm Dm

I pretend that I am strong

C G Dm Dm

Being far from you, stayin gone, movin on

C G Dm Dm

I am putting on a face

C G Dm Dm

And there is no one here that can take your place

G F C G

But you're the reason the glass is never full

G F Am7 D

Steady leaving without reason lacking empathy

C G Dm Dm

I'm half empty

C G Dm Dm

I am the one that breaks the fall

C G Dm Dm

Seizing the moment right before we lose it all

C G Dm Dm

There's only so much i can take

C G Dm Dm

I salvage memories cause we've both made mistakes

G F C G

But you're the reason the glass is never full

G F Am7 D

Blindly leading, make believing you were there for me

C G Dm Dm

I'm half empty

C G Dm Dm

(repeat and fade out)

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