Empty Threat Chords

KeyC CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays645

Empty Threat by Chvrches is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, G and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			C                      F 
Tore a line in the sun 
              G                                 F 
Like there's nothing to regret and nothing to prove 
C                     F 
Set my sights high enough 
      G                                    F 
So I see the turning tides are parting for you 


C                       F 
Taking back an empty threat 
Am                       G 
More than you could ever know 
C                       F 
Take it back with no regrets 
                  Am                    G 
I was better off when I was on your side 

And I was holding on 
C                 F 
To try and not forget 
Am                       G 
Hoping that you'd never know 
C                       F 
Take it back with no regrets 
                  Am                    G 
I was better off when I was on your side 
                      C   F   Am   G 
And I was holding on 


C                      F 
No more times second guessed 
              G                                F 
Like there's nothing to forget and nothing to lose 
C                     F 
Hold my ground long enough 
        G                                     F 
Till I see the turning tides are coming from you 


C                       F 
Taking back an empty threat 
Am                       G 
More than you could ever know 
C                       F 
Take it back with no regrets 
                  Am                    G 
I was better off when I was on your side 

And I was holding on 
C                 F 
To try and not forget 
Am                       G 
Hoping that you'd never know 
C                       F 
Take it back with no regrets 
                  Am                    G 
I was better off when I was on your side 


F 
If we wanna stay here, can we see the waves? 

They're spilling over us, filling our insides 
Am 
In the rising water, in the rising tide 
G 
They're spilling over me, filling my insides 
F 
If we wanna stay here, can we see the waves? 

They're spilling over us, filling our insides 
Am 
In the rising water, in the rising tide 
G 
We wait for the fall (I gotta tell you) 


F 
Maybe the water's high (I've gotta tell you) 

But I can see the difference (I've gotta tell you) 
Am 
Maybe the water's high (I've gotta tell you) 
G 
But I can see the difference (I've gotta tell you) 
F 
Maybe the water's high (I've gotta tell you) 

But I can see the difference (I've gotta tell you) 
Am 
Maybe the water's high (I've gotta tell you) 
G 
But I know that this is different 


C                       F 
Taking back an empty threat 
Am                       G 
More than you could ever know 
C                       F 
Take it back with no regrets 
                  Am                    G 
I was better off when I was on your side 

And I was holding on 
C                 F 
To try and not forget 
Am                       G 
Hoping that you'd never know 
C                       F 
Take it back with no regrets 
                  Am                    G 
I was better off when I was on your side 
                      C   F   Am   G 
And I was holding on 


C  F  Am  G 
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante