Empty rooms (1985)    (video)    (midi)

 

    Am - G - Dm - F - G - Am ~

 

  Am

1.      Loneliness is your only friend,

                                                                         F           Dm

    a broken heart that just won’t mend is the price you pay.

Am

    It’s hard to take when love grows old,

                                                                                    F          Dm

    the days are long and the nights turn cold when it fades away.

 

C                                         G

    You hope that she will change her mind,

Dm                                       F 

    but the days drift on and on.

G - Am                                     G                          F     - G - F

            You’ll never know the reason why she’s gone.

 

            Am                        G                     Dm          - F

Empty rooms, where we learn to live without love.

            Am                        G                     Dm          - F

Empty rooms, where we learn to live without love.

 

+  Am ~

 

   Am

2.     You see her face in every crowd,

                                                                                  F        Dm

    you hear her voice, but you’re still proud, so you turn away.

Am

    You tell yourself that you’ll be strong,

                                                                      F - Dm

    but your heart tells you this time you’re wro......ng.

 

            Am                        G                     Dm          - F

Empty rooms, where we learn to live without love.

            Am                        G                     Dm          - F

Empty rooms, where we learn to live without love.

            Am                        G                     Dm          - F

Empty rooms, where we learn to live without love.

 

+  Am - G       +  Em - C - D - Bm     - C - D - Em    

 

+  Am - F - Am

 

 

 

 

    C                                         G

+     You hope that she will change her mind,

Dm                                       F

    but the days drift on and on.

G - Am                                    G                            F     - G - F

            You’ll never know the reason why she’s gone.

 

            Am                        G                     Dm          - F

Empty rooms, where we learn to live without love.

            Am                        G                     Dm          - F

Empty rooms, where we learn to live without love.

 

            Am                        G                     Dm          - F

Empty rooms, where we learn to live without love.

            Am                        G                     Dm          - F

Empty rooms, where we learn to live without love ...

 

(orig. = capo 5th)    (Gary Moore)