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The Empty Bed

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Standard Tuning - No Capo
[Intro]
B
[Verse]
All the thBings you thouAmght mGade you strong
Now DmaGke you wDeak
The vBery same things Amthat used to Gmake us laugh
Now all they DmakGe us DweeGp
[Verse]
The Bvery same things that Amused to tGake a day
Now they DtaGke a DweGek
And Ball the things that oncAme were so eGasy to climb
They Dare Gnow too stDeep
[Verse]
ABll the things that once Amgot me so goGddamn high 
Now thDey Gmake me gDrieve
All the pBills and power tAmhat my mGoney can buy
And sDtiGll I can’t slDeep
[Verse]
All the rBain that won’t fAmall frGom the sky 
DWe Gcannot drDeam
All those tBears falling Amfrom Gour eyes
Rolling DdoGwn our cDheGeks
Rolling DdoGwn our cDheGeks
[Verse]
All the thBings that I Amused to kGnow so well
Now DI, I cGannot Dunderstand
All the thBings that Amused to Gmake me a boy
Now tDheGy make me a Dman
[Verse]
Every tBime I wake AmI strGetch my arms
And I lDooGk for your hDand
I roll Bover, I oAmpen Gmy eyes and I see
DThe GEmpty DBeGd
DI sGee
DThe Empty bed
[Verse]
Every sBingle pictuAmre on Gyour phone 
Just one lDesGs in your mDind
Every wBord you wrote Amwhile wGe sat idly by
Yeah it’s DloGst somewhere in tDimGe
[Verse]
And all the thBings that Amused to mGake you seem strong
Now they DmaGke you seem DweGak
All the sBame things that Amused to Gmake us laugh
Now they DmaGke us DwGeep
They DmaGke us DweGep
[Verse]
All the Bthings that I uAmsed to kGnow so well
Yeah I cDanGnot undersDtaGnd
And all the Bthings that used to mAmake me a Gboy
Oh now tDheGy make me a DmGan
[Verse]
And Bevery time I wAmake and I strGetch my arms
DLoGoking for your hDanGd
BI roll over Amand I Gopen my eyes
And I DseGe
The Empty DBeGd

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The Empty Bed

by Ryan Adams

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Standard Tuning - No Capo

[Intro]

[Verse]

B Am G

All the things you thought made you strong

D G D

Now make you weak

B Am G

The very same things that used to make us laugh

D G D G

Now all they make us weep

[Verse]

B Am G

The very same things that used to take a day

D G D G

Now they take a week

B Am G

And all the things that once were so easy to climb

D G D

They are now too steep

[Verse]

B Am G

All the things that once got me so goddamn high

D G D

Now they make me grieve

B Am G

All the pills and power that my money can buy

D G D

And still I can’t sleep

[Verse]

B Am G

All the rain that won’t fall from the sky

D G D

We cannot dream

B Am G

All those tears falling from our eyes

D G D G

Rolling down our cheeks

D G D G

Rolling down our cheeks

[Verse]

B Am G

All the things that I used to know so well

D G D

Now I, I cannot understand

B Am G

All the things that used to make me a boy

D G D

Now they make me a man

[Verse]

B Am G

Every time I wake I stretch my arms

D G D

And I look for your hand

B Am G

I roll over, I open my eyes and I see

D G D G

The Empty Bed

D G

I see

The Empty bed

[Verse]

B Am G

Every single picture on your phone

D G D

Just one less in your mind

B Am G

Every word you wrote while we sat idly by

D G D G

Yeah it’s lost somewhere in time

[Verse]

B Am G

And all the things that used to make you seem strong

D G D G

Now they make you seem weak

B Am G

All the same things that used to make us laugh

D G D G

Now they make us weep

D G D G

They make us weep

[Verse]

B Am G

All the things that I used to know so well

D G D G

Yeah I cannot understand

B Am G

And all the things that used to make me a boy

D G D G

Oh now they make me a man

[Verse]

B Am G

And every time I wake and I stretch my arms

D G D G

Looking for your hand

B Am G

I roll over and I open my eyes

D G

And I see

D G

The Empty Bed

About The Empty Bed Chords by Ryan Adams

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What key is "The Empty Bed" in?

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