Empty Chair chords by
Trace Adkins
Trace Adkins

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Key: Db major
Intro 1
C
C

Gsus4
Gsus4

C
C

Am
Am

Dm
Dm

Verse 1
C
C

We command
eer a corner table
Am
Am

At our small town diner
C
C

Dm
Dm

Just five or six old men
Throwin' out corny ol' one-liners
C
C

They They pat the heads of children
Am
Am

Give friendly nods to strangers
Dm
Dm

They sure seem quick to laugh
Makes you think they're slow
Gsus4
Gsus4

Dm
Dm

to anger
F
F

Those
Verse 2
guys were front-line brothers
brothers
Their lives depended on each other
Am
Am

They were soldiers long
G
G

C
C

before they were men
F
F

Yeah, the ones that somehow survived
Came home, went on to build their lives
Am
Am

Never chargin' us a penny
G
G

C
C

For the debt we owe to them
Em
Em

But you can almost smell
the gun smoke
F
F

And the foxholes that they shared
Em
Em

On the days they raise their coffees
F
F

And toast the empty chair
C
C

Am
Am

Dm
Dm

Verse 3
Gsus4
Gsus4

C
C

They'll ask you where you're from
Am
Am

What you do, what you've done
Dm
Dm

But don't go thinkin'
they're all talk
'Cause you wouldn't
wanna piss them off
Verse 4
F
F

Those guys were front-line brothers
brothers
Their lives depended on each other
Am
Am

They were soldiers long
G
G

C
C

before they were men
F
F

Yeah, the ones that somehow survived
Came home, went on to build their lives
Am
Am

Never chargin' us a penny
G
G

C
C

For the debt we owe to them
Em
Em

But you can almost smell
the gun smoke
F
F

And the foxholes that they shared
Em
Em

On the days they raise their coffees
C
C

F
F

And toast the empty chair
C
C

Am
Am

Dm
Dm

Verse 5
G
G

C
C

They'll tell you anything
F
F

you wanna know
G
G

But there's one place
C
C

F
F

they just won't go
Am
Am

'Cause they don't wanna
G
G

Em
Em

F
F

ruin our dreams
C
C

Dm
Dm

By tellin' us the things they've seen
Verse 6
F
F

Those guys were front-line brothers
brothers
Their lives depended on each other
Am
Am

They were soldiers long
G
G

C
C

before they were men
F
F

Yeah, the ones that somehow survived
Came home, went on to build their lives
Am
Am

Never chargin' us a penny
G
G

C
C

For the debt we owe to them
Em
Em

And you can almost smell
the gun smoke
F
F

And the foxholes that they shared
Em
Em

On the days they raise their coffees
F
F

G
G

And toast the empty chair
Verse 7
Dm
Dm

To the brother who ain't there
Outro 1
We salute you
C
C

Am
Am

Dm
Dm

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