Empty Chair chords by
Trace Adkins
Trace Adkins

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Key: Db major
Intro 1
G
Dsus4
G
Em
Am
Verse 1
G
We command
eer a corner table
Em
At our small town diner
G
Am
Just five or six old men
Throwin' out corny ol' one-liners
G
They They pat the heads of children
Em
Give friendly nods to strangers
Am
They sure seem quick to laugh
Makes you think they're slow
Dsus4
Am
to anger
C
Those
Verse 2
guys were front-line brothers
brothers
Their lives depended on each other
Em
They were soldiers long
D
G
before they were men
C
Yeah, the ones that somehow survived
Came home, went on to build their lives
Em
Never chargin' us a penny
D
G
For the debt we owe to them
Bm
But you can almost smell
the gun smoke
C
And the foxholes that they shared
Bm
On the days they raise their coffees
C
And toast the empty chair
G
Em
Am
Verse 3
Dsus4
G
They'll ask you where you're from
Em
What you do, what you've done
Am
But don't go thinkin'
they're all talk
'Cause you wouldn't
wanna piss them off
Verse 4
C
Those guys were front-line brothers
brothers
Their lives depended on each other
Em
They were soldiers long
D
G
before they were men
C
Yeah, the ones that somehow survived
Came home, went on to build their lives
Em
Never chargin' us a penny
D
G
For the debt we owe to them
Bm
But you can almost smell
the gun smoke
C
And the foxholes that they shared
Bm
On the days they raise their coffees
G
C
And toast the empty chair
G
Em
Am
Verse 5
D
G
They'll tell you anything
C
you wanna know
D
But there's one place
G
C
they just won't go
Em
'Cause they don't wanna
D
Bm
C
ruin our dreams
G
Am
By tellin' us the things they've seen
Verse 6
C
Those guys were front-line brothers
brothers
Their lives depended on each other
Em
They were soldiers long
D
G
before they were men
C
Yeah, the ones that somehow survived
Came home, went on to build their lives
Em
Never chargin' us a penny
D
G
For the debt we owe to them
Bm
And you can almost smell
the gun smoke
C
And the foxholes that they shared
Bm
On the days they raise their coffees
C
D
And toast the empty chair
Verse 7
Am
To the brother who ain't there
Outro 1
We salute you
G
Em
Am

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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG Dsus4 Em Am C...