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embellishments due to the picking. On the normal E chord during 
E string to pick out the 4th and 2nd frets.
The E* means play with the 7th fret barre version of the chord. 
of those high notes further up the neck. The B(sus4) chord 
means alternate between B and Bsus4 (fairly obvious in the 
|      B|      E|      A|      E| x2
BWhen I'm Eriding Ahome at Enight now
BI get Ein so AtiredE  
BTo the Esaws and Abows that Espell out
BE-M-EP-T-AYE  
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      B  E*        F#  
But driving west now
E*         B  
Half-past five
   E*      F#  
My skin is cut
   E*        B  
My hands are knives
        E*  F#  E*       B  
I could be anyone alive
But EI just Acan't Efit
And Bit's too Elate to AquitE  
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Chorus:
E*                 B(sus4)  
When the night air comes to me
I wonder if the Edays I've lived through count
E*                           B(sus4)  
With the world strung like a rosary
Through faces moving Ein the crowd
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AWhat is the Ecolor and the B(sus4)number
When happiness Ebegins?
AWhen the Eknight waits in the B(sus4)laurels
         F#(low)   E  
Hesitating...
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|     C#|
I found a Bclarity I've never known
In Efag-end weeks before I left for AschoolE  
The C#darkness in the pylons
And the Bsmoke and creosote
ECancelling the Afaces that we Eknew
|      B|      E|      A|      E| x2
Solo:
|      E| (freak out on the  Echord)
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           B  E*            F#  E*        B  
Did they forget the light inside your eyes?
      E*                F#  E*      B  
Those simple words, those lovers' signs?
    E*               F#  E*        B  
The hand is dealt, the cards are played
But EI just cAan't fitE  
And Bit's too Elate to AquitE  
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Chorus:
E*                B(sus4)  
I saw them, and I knew them all
Inside a sheet of Eflame
E*                B(sus4)  
I saw them, and I knew them all
Inside a sheet of Eflame
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BWhen I'm Eriding Ahome at Enight now
BI get Ein so AtiredE  
BTo the Esaws and Abows that Espell out
BE-M-EP-T-AYE  
E-M-P-T-Y
E-M-P-T-Y
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Empty

by The Clientele

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B(sus4)

embellishments due to the picking. On the normal E chord during

E string to pick out the 4th and 2nd frets.

The E* means play with the 7th fret barre version of the chord.

of those high notes further up the neck. The B(sus4) chord

means alternate between B and Bsus4 (fairly obvious in the

B E A E

| | | | | x2

B E A E

When I'm riding home at night now

B E A E

I get in so tired

B E A E

To the saws and bows that spell out

B E A E

E-M-P-T-Y

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B E F#

But driving west now

E B

Half-past five

E F#

My skin is cut

E B

My hands are knives

E F# E B

* *

I could be anyone alive

E A E

But I just can't fit

B E A E

And it's too late to quit

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Chorus:

E B(sus4)

When the night air comes to me

I wonder if the days I've lived through count

E B(sus4)

With the world strung like a rosary

Through faces moving in the crowd

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A E B(sus4)

What is the color and the number

When happiness begins?

A E B(sus4)

When the knight waits in the laurels

F# E

(low)

Hesitating...

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| |

I found a clarity I've never known

E A E

In fag-end weeks before I left for school

The darkness in the pylons

And the smoke and creosote

E A E

Cancelling the faces that we knew

B E A E

| | | | | x2

Solo:

E E

| | (freak out on the chord)

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B E F# E B

* *

Did they forget the light inside your eyes?

E F# E B

* *

Those simple words, those lovers' signs?

E F# E B

* *

The hand is dealt, the cards are played

E A E

But I just can't fit

B E A E

And it's too late to quit

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Chorus:

E B(sus4)

I saw them, and I knew them all

Inside a sheet of flame

E B(sus4)

I saw them, and I knew them all

Inside a sheet of flame

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B E A E

When I'm riding home at night now

B E A E

I get in so tired

B E A E

To the saws and bows that spell out

B E A E

E-M-P-T-Y

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