Hollowed Out My Heart Chords
by The Growlers
Hollowed Out My Heart by The Growlers is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, Em, Dm and Cm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
verse 1
A Em A Em
I hollowed out my heart when I set for sea
A Em A Em
Just so I can float past all this debris
Dm Cm Dm Em
I sink like a stone with a heart that heavy
A Em A Em
And I sail at half mast without dignity
verse 2
A Em A Em
So I hollowed out my heart with a knife and a spoon
Dm Cm Dm Em
Carving out her face took me all afternoon
A Em A Em
I cock out her eyes, they were covered in gold
A Em A Em
Every thought, every memory in the whole moldy cold
INTERLUDE
Dm Cm
Dm Em
verse 3
A Em A Em
It looked like coffee with not too much cream
A Em A Em
I pulled out her skin in a thick wine stream
Dm Cm Dm Em
Each drop that dripped the sea took a sip
A Em A Em
And the wind blew me further in my empty hearted ship
INTERLUDE
A Em
Tchk tchk tchk tchk
A Em
Tchk tchk tchk tchk
verse 4
Dm Cm Dm Em
And the more that I carved the less that I starved
A Em A Em
I cut out her lips cause those lips might stick
A Em A Em
Not sick of home, no Iâ??m not homesick
INTERLUDE
Dm Cm
Tchk tchk tchk tchk
Dm Em
Tchk tchk tchk tchk
VERSE 5
A Em A Em
Yes I hollowed out my heart with a spoon and a knife
A Em A Em
I did this till dawn in the pale moonlight
Dm Cm Dm Em
I hollowed out my heart when I set for sea
A Em A Em
Just so I can float past all this debris
VERSE 6
A Em A Em
I sink like a stone with a heart that heavy
Dm Cm Dm Em
Donâ??t donâ??t donâ??t anchor me, donâ??t anchor me
A Em
Donâ??t anchor me, donâ??t anchor me
A Em A
Da da da daa
OUTRO
A Em
Dm Cm
A
SECOND PART (2:14 onwards, with all sorts of riffs. Play over these chords)
Em A