Empty Hands chords by 
John Mellencamp 
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Key: E minor•
Verse 1
Em
In the shadows of
the smokestacks
D
Through the black snow,
Em
D
Em
that lay on the land
Walked home one winter morning
With my live savings in my hand
Maryanne, she's fixin'
up some breakfast
Got the lights on, on the Christmas tree
Sittin' there,
Bm
Em
lookin' up at an angel
Interlude 1
With something dyin' inside of me
Em
Verse 2
Em
Grew up with great expectations
D
Heard the promise and I knew the plan
Em
They say people get what they deserve
But Lord, sometimes it's much
D
Em
worse than that
Maryanne, she takin' in some laundry
D
Em
I got a part time job in a drive- in stand
Oh Lord, what did I do
D
G
To deserve these empty hands?
Verse 3
D
G
Across the cit ies
D
Em
Across this land
D
Through the val leys
Em
D
And across the sand
C
D
Too many people stand ing in line
C
Too many people with
D
C
nothing planned
D
There's too many people with
Em
Empty hands
Interlude 2
Em
Am
Em
C
D
Am
D
Am
Em
C
D
B
Verse 4
Em
D
Em
Now Maryan ne's been cryin' Lord knows,
D
I love her the best I can
Em
When my pride is bruised and broken
D
She slips her hand into my empty hand s
Em
Without hope, without love
You've got nothing but pain
D
Just makes a man not give a dam n
Em
D
That's no way for us to live
Em
We've got to fill these
D
G
empty hands
Verse 5
D
G
Across the cit ies
D
Em
Across this land
D
Em
Through the valleys
D
And across the sand
C
Too many people stand
D
C
ing in line
Too many people with
D
C
nothing planned
D
There's too many people with
Em
Empty hands
Outro 1
Em
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ChordsEm D Bm G C...
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D
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C
Am
B
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