Empty Glens Chords

KeyC Capo5st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays369

Empty Glens by Runrig is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 5st fret. It uses the chords C, G, F, Am, Em and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
C
Text
16
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Intro: C  G  F  G 

Am             G          Am    Em 
Looking out on all that's been 
             F                 G      Am 
And all that is and all that's beyond time 
  Em       G       Em Am 
I close my eyes in isolation 


                 G        Am    Em 
Here's where the word was sown 
           F                    G           Am 
All that's grown and all that's passed like ghosts 
            Em       G        Em  Am       Bm  Am 
Through the child to highland generations 


 
       F             G 
Now we walk in empty glens 
       C              F 
Rushes blowing in the wind 
               Am           G 
A voice that's calling you again 
             F     G 
To come back home___ 
                F                     G 
Where have they gone, where have they gone 
          Em          F 
Gone to illusion everyone 
            Am                  G 
The darkest heart, the pride of man 
            F                      G 
Will walk alone (walk alone, walk alone) 


INTERLUDE: C  G  F  G 


Am               G        Am    Em 
Science breaking down the door 
            F                 G           Am 
And all the hordes go rushing through for more 
    Em             G         Em      Am 
The thrills of the world and all her idols 


                    G         Am    Em 
Och, here the water washed us clean 
         F                 G       Am 
A deeper peace for all our keenest sins 
       Em       G            Em      Am        Bm  Am 
Washed in these clear, clear crystal fountains 


 
       F             G 
Now we walk in empty glens 
       C              F 
Rushes blowing in the wind 
               Am           G 
A voice that's calling you again 
             F     G 
To come back home___ 
                F                     G 
Where have they gone, where have they gone 
          Em          F 
Gone to illusion everyone 
            Am                  G 
The darkest heart, the pride of man 
            F                      G 
Will walk alone (walk alone, walk alone) 



       F             G 
Now we walk in empty glens 
       C              F 
Rushes blowing in the wind 
               Am           G 
A voice that's calling you again 
             F     G 
To come back home___ 
                F                     G 
Where have they gone, where have they gone 
          Em          F 
Gone to illusion everyone 
            Am                  G 
The darkest heart, the pride of man 
            F    G    C 
Will walk alone___ 


OUTRO:  (## fade to end ##) 
     F     G         F   G 
Will walk alone___ 
              C    F  G 
Pride of man 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante