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Empty Hearted Town

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Warren Zevon
Empty Handed Heart
[Intro]
D  C  Em  G     D  A
[Verse 1]
  DAin't life strange
  BmAin't it funny
  BbNothing matters much but  E7love and money
  EmThings don't work out  A7the way you reckonded
 DMoney comes first
And the love. comes. seAcond.
      F#7Cigarettes make the sun come up
      BmWhiskey makes the sun go down
      Em7And in between
      AWe do a lot of standing around
  BmIt's all I can dAo
To Gmake it through the Dday
DShe wrapped it all in darkness
DAnd I can't find my wAay, and
[Chorus]
DI'm walking down the sidewGalks of DLA
Wishing I had a warmer jackeAt
And the leaves are falling dowDnD7  
     G  GmI'm just another man
With an Dempty Ahanded Gheart
In an Deee-mpty hearted Atown
[Verse]
     DIt started out alrigBmht
     BbEnded up all wronE7g
Em7Shoulda done, shA7oulda done
That's my sonDg
  BmNow the Enight is falling Ahard and B7fast
  Em7All dressed up for the masqueradA7e
And the Am7lights of the cDity stretch as fGar as the Deye can EmseeD  C  
  CLook what wGonders man has mEmade 
  CLook what wGonders man has mA7ade 
[Chorus]
I'm Dwalking down the sidewGalks of DLA
Wishing I had a warmer jaAcket
And the leaves are falling dDownD7  
I'm jGust another Gmman
With an emDpty hAanded Gheart
In an eeeD-mpty hearted tAown
I'Dm walking down the sidewGalks of DLA
Wishing I had a warmer jaAcket
And something more to sDay

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Empty Hearted Town

by Warren Zevon

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#7

Em7

Am7

Warren Zevon

Empty Handed Heart

[Intro]

D C Em G D A

[Verse 1]

Ain't life strange

Ain't it funny

Bb E7

Nothing matters much but love and money

Em A7

Things don't work out the way you reckonded

Money comes first

And the love. comes. second.

F#7

Cigarettes make the sun come up

Whiskey makes the sun go down

Em7

And in between

We do a lot of standing around

Bm A

It's all I can do

G D

To make it through the day

She wrapped it all in darkness

D A

And I can't find my way, and

[Chorus]

D G D

I'm walking down the sidewalks of LA

Wishing I had a warmer jacket

D D7

And the leaves are falling down

G Gm

I'm just another man

D A G

With an empty handed heart

D A

In an eee-mpty hearted town

[Verse]

D Bm

It started out alright

Bb E7

Ended up all wrong

Em7 A7

Shoulda done, shoulda done

That's my song

Bm E A B7

Now the night is falling hard and fast

Em7 A7

All dressed up for the masquerade

Am7 D G D Em D C

And the lights of the city stretch as far as the eye can see

C G Em

Look what wonders man has made

C G A7

Look what wonders man has made

[Chorus]

D G D

I'm walking down the sidewalks of LA

Wishing I had a warmer jacket

D D7

And the leaves are falling down

G Gm

I'm just another man

D A G

With an empty handed heart

D A

In an eee-mpty hearted town

D G D

I'm walking down the sidewalks of LA

Wishing I had a warmer jacket

And something more to say

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