'Ray Lamontagne - Empty' Tab and Lyrics transcript

[Kahn]

The spacing gets fucked up, but you get the idea. Off the new album "Till the Sun Turns Black" My favorite song, thought I'd share.

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Intro: D

G
She lifts her skirt up to her knees                          
						      D
Walks through the garden of rosewood bare feet laughing

G
Never learned to count my blessings
                                                    D
I choose instead to dwell in my disasters

Bm
I walk on down the hill
               F#
Through grass grown tall and brown and still
      G                                               D
It’s hard somehow to let go of my pain

Bm
On past the busted back
            F#
Of an old and rusted Cadillac
         G                                             D  
That sinks into this field collecting rain

D                   A      G    Bm    F#  
Well I alllll   ways feel this way
D             A  G   Bm    F#       
So emp    ty so    ex   changed

Of these cutthroat busted sunsets
These cold and damp white mornings that grow weary
If through my cracked and dusted dime store lips
I spoke these words out loud would no one hear me

Lay your bows across the chair
Let fall the flowers from your hair
And kiss me with that country mouth so plain

Outside the rain is tapping on those leaves
To me it sounds like their all 
Calling us, the quiet love we make

Well I always feel this way
So empty so exchanged

[mdel21]

Thanks Kahn. I heard this on ACL a few weeks ago and have been in love with it.

[c_tietze]

Great fucking lyrics, holy shit.

I met Ray over a year ago and he's one interesting dude indeed, he's for real though, no doubt about it. Some guys just have it and this guy has it alright.

[CWMCALL]

This is a great song. Til the Sun Turns Black is a very good album but I think I like his first one a bit better.

I was disappointed that he didn't include "heaven is a honky-tonk" on Til the Sun Turns Black.

[markTR]

Thanks Kahn

[nate]

Anyone have a copy of Ray covering Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" that they can hook me up with. I'd really appreciate it.

[markTR]

Thank Buck_Nasty for this one:

Crazy - Ray Lamontagne (Gnarls barkley cover)

ysi that por favor

anyone else who wants it

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?a ... A9612C65B2

[nate]

Thanks

[Twostep13]

ray is the frekaing man, i just missed a chance to see him in hicago likea week ago, i was pissed...

hes got so much emotion its unbeleivable... that ACL performance was amazing

[Twostep13]

i notcied a couple lyrics that i think are different...

im pretty sure its "lay your blouse across the chair" and "to me it ounds like theyre applauding us, the quiet loev we make"

at elast thats what it sounds like on the version i have, and it seems to make a little bit more sense

[Kahn]

Ah, thanks. He whispers so sometimes its hard to make out.

[CWMCALL]

I can't stop listening to the studio version of this song. The strings in the background sound great

[mdel21]

Here's some I found on a Ray message board. Slightly different from Kahn's.

Posted By Dec1203

Intro: (Bm) (G) (D) (G) (D)

She (G) lifts her skirt up to her knees
Walks through the garden with a rose and bare feet (D)laughing
I (G) never learned to count my blessings
I choose instead to dwell in my dis (D) asters

I (Bm) walk on down the hill
Through (F#) grass grown tall and (F#7*) brown
And still it’s (G) hard somehow to let go of my (D) pain
Walk (Bm) past the busted wrecks of (F#) old and rusted
(F#7*) Cadillacs that (G) sink into this field collecting (D) rain

Will I (D) al (A) ways (G) feel (Bm) this (F#) way?
So (D) emp (A) ty, (G) and (Bm) a (F#) stray(estranged?!)

(Bm)

And of these (G) cutthroat busted sunsets
These cold and damp white mornings I have grown (D) weary
If through my (G) cracked and dusty dime store lips
I spoke these words out loud would no one (D) hear me?

Lay your (Bm) blouse across the chair
Let (F#) fall the flowers (F#7*) from your hair
And (G) kiss me with that country mouth so (D) plain
Out (Bm) side the rain is tapping on the (F#) leaves
To me it (F#7*) sounds like they’re ap (G) plauding us
The quiet love we (D) make

Will I (D) al (A) ways (G) feel (Bm) this (F#) way?
So (D) emp (A) ty, (G) and (Bm) a (F#) stray(estranged?!)

Well I (G) looked my demons in the eyes
Laid bare my chest said do your best to de (D) stroy me
I’ve (G) been to hell and back so many times
I must admit you kinda (D) bore me

There’s a (Bm) lot of things that can kill a man
There’s a (F#) lot of ways to (F#7*) die
Yes and (G) some already dead who walk be (D) side you
There’s a (Bm) lot of things I don’t understand
Why so (F#) many people (F#7*) lie
Its the (G) hurt you hide that fuels the fire in (D) side you

Will I (D) al (A) ways (G) feel (Bm) this (F#) way?
So (D) emp (A) ty, (G) and (Bm) a (F#) stray(estranged?!)



(F#7*) - sounds here like he just stretches his pinky across to B string on the fifth fret so the chord is (242352)

[CWMCALL]

Here's some I found on a Ray message board. Slightly different from Kahn's.

Posted By Dec1203

Intro: (Bm) (G) (D) (G) (D)

She (G) lifts her skirt up to her knees
Walks through the garden with a rose and bare feet (D)laughing
I (G) never learned to count my blessings
I choose instead to dwell in my dis (D) asters

I (Bm) walk on down the hill
Through (F#) grass grown tall and (F#7*) brown
And still it’s (G) hard somehow to let go of my (D) pain
Walk (Bm) past the busted back of that(F#) old and rusted
(F#7*) Cadillac that (G) sinks into this field collecting (D) rain

Will I (D) al (A) ways (G) feel (Bm) this (F#) way?
So (D) emp (A) ty, (G) (Bm) so (F#) estranged

(Bm)

And of these (G) cutthroat busted sunsets
Of these cold and damp white mornings I have grown (D) weary
If through my (G) cracked and dusty dime store lips
I spoke these words out loud would no one (D) hear me?

Lay your (Bm) blouse across the chair
Let (F#) fall the flowers (F#7*) from your hair
And (G) kiss me with that country mouth so (D) plain
Out (Bm) side the rain is tapping on the (F#) leaves
To me it (F#7*) sounds like they’re ap (G) plauding us
The quiet love we (D) make

Will I (D) al (A) ways (G) feel (Bm) this (F#) way?
So (D) emp (A) ty, (G) (Bm) so (F#) estranged

Well I (G) looked my demons in the eyes
Laid bare my chest said do your best to de (D) stroy me
I’ve (G) been to hell and back so many times
I must admit you kinda (D) bore me

There’s a (Bm) lot of things that can kill a man
There’s a (F#) lot of ways to (F#7*) die
Yes and (G) some already dead that walk be (D) side me
There’s a (Bm) lot of things I don’t understand
Why so (F#) many people (F#7*) lie
Its the (G) hurt you hide that fuels the fire in (D) side me

Will I (D) al (A) ways (G) feel (Bm) this (F#) way?
So (D) emp (A) ty, (G) (Bm) so (F#) estranged



(F#7*) - sounds here like he just stretches his pinky across to B string on the fifth fret so the chord is (242352)

because i am bored i just relistened to this and these are the lyrics of the studio cut with a few minor changes

[Trippin Hillbilly]

I've been hooked on this song since I got the album. It's awesome.