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Eddie Flint – Hollow Chords on Piano & Ukulele

ChordsEm C G D

KeyKeyCapo

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[Intro]
Em   C   G   D

[Verse]
Em                    C
  There's nowhere to run
           G
No way to lie
               D
I played your games
one too many times

Em                        C
  Could'a reached for my gun
                   G
Could even try to fight
              D
If I had the nerve maybe
                 Em
we would be alright

[Verse]
Em              C
Your eyes they pierce
                     G
Straight through my heart
                 D
Tear me down to pieces
                    Em
 and watch me fall apart
            C
You wanted him so
            G
I set you free
              D
But when you left
You took the better
         C
part of me

[Chorus]
               D
I feel so empty
              G
I feel so numb

I can still taste your
  D                     C
lips on the tip of my tongue

               D
I feel so crazy
                G
I feel so hollow
                     D
I'll be damned if I can't
                   C   D
 seem to let you go
Can't let you go

[Outro/Instrument]
Em   D
Em   C   G   D

How to play Hollow: key, chords and progression

These are Hollow chords by Eddie Flint on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

To play Hollow by Eddie Flint, think in E minor (one sharp: F♯). It takes 4 chords: Em, C, G and D.

Listen for Em – C – G – D (i – VI – III – VII in E minor), the epic minor progression (i–VI–III–VII) used in many anthems: the song comes back to it again and again. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Beginner-friendly: every chord here is an open shape on guitar: no capo, no barre chords needed.