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Empty Space - The Story So Far
For the strumming pattern try to figure out something that sounds good to you, there are multiple ways.
[Chords]
  A= x02233 = (A7sus4)
  C= x32033 = ( Cadd9/E)
C* = x30033 = (Csus2)
 Em= x22033 = (Em7)
  G= 320033
G* = 300033 = (Gsus2)
[Intro]
D#|--xxxx----------------------------------|------------------------x-x-----|
A#|--xxxx----------------------------------|------------------------x-x-----|
F#|--xxxx--4-4-4---------------------------|4-4-4-------------------x-x-----|
C#|--xxxx--x-x-x-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|x-x-x-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-x-x-----|
G#|--xxxx--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-x-x-----|
D#|--xxxx----------------------------------|------------------------x-x-----|
G* C* G*
[Verse]
C*        G*
All that I know
Is your space is empty
C*           Em  
It’s buried below
The stress and the envy
CAll the places GI go
It still hasn’t left me
CI hated it Emthen
EmAnd now it consumes me
[Chorus]
  C*
I dwell on it nightly
Tread swiftly and lightly
Make Aup the lost ground
And see what you don’t see
C*
All questions aside
I asked and you lied
And Anow my hands are tied
[Verse]
C*         G  
All I can show
Is absence from your life
CThat I can’t Emcontrol
It’s all that I get right
CKeep paying the Gtoll
I know that it seems like
CI’m always Emupset                C*
I know it seems like I'm always upset
[Bridge]
 A  G*
                               C*
I know it seems like I'm always upset
 A  G*
C*
All that I know
Is Ayour space is empty
G*
It’s buried below
It still hasn’t left me
C*
And all that I know
Is Ayour space is empty
G*
It’s buried below
G*
It still hasn’t left
[Chorus]
  C*
I dwell on it nightly
Tread swiftly and lightly
Make Aup the lost ground
And see what you don’t see
C*
All questions aside
I asked and you lied
And Anow my hands are tied
[Chorus]
  C*
I dwell on it nightly
Tread swiftly and lightly
Make Aup the lost ground
And see what you don’t see
C*
All questions aside
I asked and you lied
And Anow my hands are tied
G

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Empty Space

by The Story So Far

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

A7sus4

Cadd9/E

Csus2

Em7

Gsus2

Empty Space - The Story So Far

For the strumming pattern try to figure out something that sounds good to you, there are multiple ways.

[Chords]

A A7sus4

= x02233 = ()

C Cadd9/E

= x32033 = ( )

C Csus2

* = x30033 = ()

Em Em7

= x22033 = ()

= 320033

G Gsus2

* = 300033 = ()

[Intro]

D#|--xxxx----------------------------------|------------------------x-x-----|

A#|--xxxx----------------------------------|------------------------x-x-----|

F#|--xxxx--4-4-4---------------------------|4-4-4-------------------x-x-----|

C#|--xxxx--x-x-x-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|x-x-x-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-x-x-----|

G#|--xxxx--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-x-x-----|

D#|--xxxx----------------------------------|------------------------x-x-----|

G C G

* * *

[Verse]

C G

* *

All that I know

Is your space is empty

C Em

It’s buried below

The stress and the envy

C G

All the places I go

It still hasn’t left me

C Em

I hated it then

And now it consumes me

[Chorus]

I dwell on it nightly

Tread swiftly and lightly

Make up the lost ground

And see what you don’t see

All questions aside

I asked and you lied

And now my hands are tied

[Verse]

C G

All I can show

Is absence from your life

C Em

That I can’t control

It’s all that I get right

C G

Keep paying the toll

I know that it seems like

C Em

I’m always upset C*

I know it seems like I'm always upset

[Bridge]

A G

I know it seems like I'm always upset

A G

All that I know

Is your space is empty

It’s buried below

It still hasn’t left me

And all that I know

Is your space is empty

It’s buried below

It still hasn’t left

[Chorus]

I dwell on it nightly

Tread swiftly and lightly

Make up the lost ground

And see what you don’t see

All questions aside

I asked and you lied

And now my hands are tied

[Chorus]

I dwell on it nightly

Tread swiftly and lightly

Make up the lost ground

And see what you don’t see

All questions aside

I asked and you lied

And now my hands are tied

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