Empty Handed Chords
Empty Handed by Lindsay Mccaul is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 6st fret. It uses the chords C, G, D and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: C G D G (4x)
C G
All the banners I have waved
Em D
For my glory and my gain
C G
Empty promises of fame
C G D G
But I see the truth
C G
I give up all I had to prove
Em D
I turn my back on my pursuits
C G
'Cause there?s no worth in all the world
C G D G
Compared to You
C G
?Cause all You are is all I need
Em D
You fill the deepest part of me
C G
And all I have that I can bring
Em D
Was never meant to belong to me
C G
You overflow from who You are
Em D
And overwhelm my heart
C G
So I come as I am
Em D C G D G
Empty handed
C G D G
Oh oh ohhh Oh oh ohh
C G
Not a credit to my name
Em D
Nothing earned that I can claim
C G
No position I could trade
C G D G
But You're beckoning
C G
You take my nothing and my need
Em D
And place a crown on poverty
C G
You gave Your life for me so I could see that
Em D
You are everything
C G
?Cause all You are is all I need
Em D
You fill the deepest part of me
C G
And all I have that I can bring
Em D
Was never meant to belong to me
C G
You overflow from who You are
Em D
And overwhelm my heart
C G
So I come as I am
Em D G
Empty handed
C
You're worth everything, I won?t count the cost
G D
All I thought was gain, Count it all as loss (4x)
C G
?Cause all You are is all I need
Em D
You fill the deepest part of me
C G
And all I have that I can bring
Em D
Was never meant to belong to me
C G
You overflow from who You are
Em D
And overwhelm my heart
C G
So I come as I am
Em D
Empty handed
C G
Yes, I come as I am
Em D C G D G
Empty handed
C G D G
You're worth everything
C G D G
You're worth everything
C G D
Oh oh ohhh Oh