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Empty Chairs At Empty Tables (From "Les Misérables"")" Chords

Music by: Josh Groban
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[Intro 1]
[Am][Dm][Am][Dm][Am]

[Verse 1]
There's [Am]a grief
that can't be [Dm]spoken
There's a pain [Am]goes on [C]and on[F]
[C]Empty chairs at empty tab[Dm]les
Now [E]my friends are dead
and [Am]gone[Dm]
Here they talked of re[Am]volution[Dm][Am]
Here it was they lit the [C]flame
Here they sang about tomor[Dm]row
And [E]tomorrow never came
[Am]

[Verse 2]
From [C]the table in [F]the corner
They could [Eb]see a[F] world reb[Bb]orn
And they [G]rose with voices [C]ringing
And I [Bb]can hear them [A]now
The [Am]very [Dm]words that [C]they [Bb]had sung
[F]Bec[Am]ame the[Gm]ir last communion[G][F]
On this [Dm]lonely [F]bar[C]ricade [Am]at

[Interlude 1]
dawn
[E][Am][C][Dm][E][Am]

[Verse 3]
Oh my friends, my friends [Am]forgive [Dm]me
That [Am]I live and you are [C]gone[G#][F][C]
There's a grief [Am]that can't
be [Dm]spoken
There's a [E]pain goes on and [C#m]on
Phantom [G#sus4]faces at the

[Verse 4]
[A]
[C#m]win do[A]ws
[C#m]Phantom shadows
on the [E]floor[A][E]
Empty chairs at empty [F#m]tables
Where [G#sus4]my friends will [G#]meet no more
[C#m][E]

[Verse 5]
[A]
Oh my friends, my [G#]friends,
[C#m]don't ask [A]me
[C#m]What your sacrifice was for[E]
Empty chairs at [F#m]empty tables[A]
[F#m]Where my [Ebdim]friends w[G#sus4]ill
[G#]sing no more

[Outro 1]
[C#m][A]
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