Empty Arms Chords

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Empty Arms by Wanda Jackson is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D7, G7 and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G
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  			G                        D7 
Empty arms that long for you 
  
                               G 
And they wait    dear just for you 

G7        C                   G 
And these arms will stay this way 
  
           D7                G 
Till you return   to them someday 

  
G7          C             G 
Each lonely night I go to bed 

           C                                 D7 
I hold the pillow where you used to lay your head 

  
G                      D7 
Empty arms but not for long 
  
                        G 
Cause my baby is coming home 

G7       C                     G 
And when he walks through that door 
  
            D7                G 
These empty arms I'll have no more 

  
            D7                G 
These empty arms I'll have no more 
    	

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.

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