Empty Chair Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][Gsus4]
[C][Am][Dm]

[Verse 1]
We [C]command
eer a corner table
At our small town [Am]diner
Just five [C]or six old [Dm]men
Throwin' out corny ol' one-liners
They They [C]pat the heads of children
Give [Am]friendly nods to strangers
They [Dm]sure seem quick to laugh
Makes you think they're slow
to an[Gsus4]ger[Dm]
[F]Those

[Verse 2]
guys were front-line brothers
brothers
Their lives depended on each other
They were [Am]soldiers long
before [G]they [C]were men
Yeah, [F]the ones that somehow survived
Came home, went on to build their lives
Never [Am]chargin' us a penny
[G]For the deb[C]t we owe to them
But you can [Em]almost smell
the gun smoke
And the [F]foxholes that they shared
On the [Em]days they raise their coffees
And [F]toast the empty chair
[C][Am][Dm]

[Verse 3]
[Gsus4]They'll ask you w[C]here you're from
What [Am]you do, what you've done
But don't go [Dm]thinkin'
they're all talk
'Cause you wouldn't
wanna piss them off

[Verse 4]
Those [F]guys were front-line brothers
brothers
Their lives depended on each other
They were [Am]soldiers long
before [G]they [C]were men
Yeah, [F]the ones that somehow survived
Came home, went on to build their lives
Never [Am]chargin' us a penny
[G]For the deb[C]t we owe to them
But you can [Em]almost smell
the gun smoke
And the [F]foxholes that they shared
On the [Em]days they raise their coffees
[C]And toa[F]st the empty chair
[C][Am][Dm]

[Verse 5]
They'll [G]tell you any[C]thing
you wanna [F]know
But [G]there's one place
[C]they just won't go[F]
'Cause [Am]they don't wanna
ru[G]in [Em]our d[F]reams
By tellin' [C]us the things [Dm]they've seen

[Verse 6]
Those [F]guys were front-line brothers
brothers
Their lives depended on each other
They were [Am]soldiers long
before [G]they [C]were men
Yeah, [F]the ones that somehow survived
Came home, went on to build their lives
Never [Am]chargin' us a penny
[G]For the deb[C]t we owe to them
And you can [Em]almost smell
the gun smoke
And the [F]foxholes that they shared
On the [Em]days they raise their coffees
And [F]toast the empty [G]chair

[Verse 7]
To the brother who ain't [Dm]there

[Outro 1]
We salute you
[C][Am][Dm]