Empty Handed: Michelle Branch
Tabbed by Robin Young
CHORDS:
Bb6: X20030
Csus2: X3X030
C9: X32010
D: XX0234
D5: 000230
D7: XX0210
E5: 22XXXX
F5: 33XXXX
G/B: X20000
G9: 5X020X
INTRO:
D7 – G/B – C9 – G9 (2x)
VERSE:
D7 G/B C9 G9
Here I am, take me
D7 G/B C9 G9
It's easier to give in, no whoa, whoa
D7 G/B C9 G9
Some people mistake me
D7 G/B C9 G9
They only hear what they want to hear, yeah
D7 G/B C9 G9
If you're losing sleep, forgive me
D7 G/B C9 G9
I just can't keep pretending
CHORUS:
D5 C9
I'm packing my bags 'cause I don't want to be
Bb6 D5
The only one who's drowning in their misery
D5 C9
And I'll take that chance 'cause I just want to breathe
G/B D5
And I won't look back and wonder how it's supposed to be
D7 G/B C9 G9 D7 G/B C9 G9
How it's supposed to be, ho, oh
VERSE:
There's a prism by the window
It lets the light leak in, oh whoa oh whoa
I wish you would let me
You feel the water but do you swim, mmmm mmm oh whoa, oh whoa
And it's only me, empty handed
With a childish grin and a camera
CHORUS 2:
D5 C9
I'm packing my bags 'cause I don't want to be
Bb6 D5
The only one who's drowning in their misery
D5 C9
And I'll take that chance 'cause I just want to breathe
G/B D5
And I won't look back and wonder how it's supposed to be
D5 F5 E5 D5
How it's supposed to be, ho, oh
F5 E5 D5 F5 E5 D5
How it’s supposed to be
F5 E5
Oh, whoa, whoa
BRIDGE:
D5
Da da, da da, da da, mm
Csus2
La da, da da da, la de
G/B
La da, da da da, la de
D
La da, da, da
(2x)
CHORUS
Then ending:
D5
How it's supposed to be
C9
Tell me how it's supposed to be
Bb6 D5
Tell me how, tell me how, tell me how it's supposed to be
D5 C9
Oh whoa, oh whoa, oh, oh whoa
G/B D5
Only one, the only one who's drowning in their misery
D5 C9
'Cause I'm packing my bags
Bb6
'Cause I'm packing my bags
D5
And I won't be back, yeah yeah
D5 C9
I'm packing my bags 'cause I don't want to be
G/B D5
Oh whoa, yeah yeah