Biography:
Erin McCarley (born January 8, 1979 in Garland, Texas) is an alternative music singer-songwriter. McCarley attended college at Baylor University, and is now based in Nashville, Tennessee. She has been compared to Sara Bareilles, Regina Spektor, and Sheryl Crow.
McCarley currently calls Nashville home, but she cut her musical teeth in San Diego, where she’d moved after college to pursue a life that did not feature music at its center. It was during
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Four years of hard work!
This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
"Love, Save The Empty" by Erin McCarley.
Tabbed by Moriah Korin. : )
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So, I got sick of there not being some kind of chord/tab/thing for this song, so I got
the acoustic and gave it a try. I've never tabbed a song or anything, so it may not be
material. But I'm pretty sure I'm not tone deaf, so it should be (for the most part) correct.
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Standard Tuning, Capo 2.
Chords used: A, D, G, Em7, C
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Intro: A D G D (x2)
Verse 1:
A D
Little girls don't know how to be sweet girls.
G A
Mama didn't teach me.
D
Little boys don't know how to treat little girls.
G A
Daddy didn't show me.
A D
Face down, on top of your bed
G A
Oh why did I give it up to you?
A D
Is this how I shoot myself up high,
G A
just high enough to get through?
Again, the false affection.
G A D
Again, we break down inside.
Chorus:
A D A G
Love, save the empty-ay.
A D A G
Love, save the empty-ay,
A
And save me.
Verse 2:
A D
Sad boy, you stare up at the sky
G A
when no one's looking back at you.
D
You wear your every last disguise.
G A
You're flying, then you fall through.
Again, the false attention.
D A G
Again, you're breaking inside.
Chorus:
A D A G
Love, save the empty-ay.
A D A G
Love, save the empty-ay.
D
Save me.
A D A G
Love, save the empty-ay.
A D A G
Love, save the empty-ay.
Bridge:
Em7 A
Stars feel like knives,
D
they tell us why we're fighting.
Em7 A
Storm, wait outside.
D
Oh, love, hold us together.
Chorus:
A D A G
Love, save the empty-ay.
A D A G
Love, save the empty-ay.
A D G
Love, save the empty.
A D G
Love, save the empty.
G D
Save me.
G D
And save me.
A D G D (x2)
Tabbed by Moriah Korin. : )
__________________________
So, I got sick of there not being some kind of chord/tab/thing for this song, so I got
the acoustic and gave it a try. I've never tabbed a song or anything, so it may not be
material. But I'm pretty sure I'm not tone deaf, so it should be (for the most part) correct.
__________________________
Standard Tuning, Capo 2.
Chords used: A, D, G, Em7, C
__________________________
Intro: A D G D (x2)
Verse 1:
A D
Little girls don't know how to be sweet girls.
G A
Mama didn't teach me.
D
Little boys don't know how to treat little girls.
G A
Daddy didn't show me.
A D
Face down, on top of your bed
G A
Oh why did I give it up to you?
A D
Is this how I shoot myself up high,
G A
just high enough to get through?
Again, the false affection.
G A D
Again, we break down inside.
Chorus:
A D A G
Love, save the empty-ay.
A D A G
Love, save the empty-ay,
A
And save me.
Verse 2:
A D
Sad boy, you stare up at the sky
G A
when no one's looking back at you.
D
You wear your every last disguise.
G A
You're flying, then you fall through.
Again, the false attention.
D A G
Again, you're breaking inside.
Chorus:
A D A G
Love, save the empty-ay.
A D A G
Love, save the empty-ay.
D
Save me.
A D A G
Love, save the empty-ay.
A D A G
Love, save the empty-ay.
Bridge:
Em7 A
Stars feel like knives,
D
they tell us why we're fighting.
Em7 A
Storm, wait outside.
D
Oh, love, hold us together.
Chorus:
A D A G
Love, save the empty-ay.
A D A G
Love, save the empty-ay.
A D G
Love, save the empty.
A D G
Love, save the empty.
G D
Save me.
G D
And save me.
A D G D (x2)
