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The Cure – The Empty World Chords on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
Am C F Em
          x2
Am C F Em

[Verse]
   Am       C        F   
As stiff as toys and tall
    Em
 as men
   Am       C        F   
And swaying like the wind
      Em
 torn trees
    Am      C        F     Em
She talked about the empty world
     Am        C          G      F
With eyes like poison birds

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[Chorus]
    Em      D       Em      D
She talked about the armies
     Em         D       G       F
That marched inside her head
Am       C        F         Em
How they made her dreams go bad
            Am          C      
But oh, how happy she was, how 
 F          Em
proud she was
       Am      C        F     Em
To be fighting in the war
       Am       C        G    F
In the empty world

[Bridge]
Em D       x3
G  F
Am C F Em  x4

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[Verse]
Am       C        F       Em
Stiff as toys and tall as men
Am      C        F         Em
Swaying like the wind torn trees
    Am      C        F     Em
She talked about the empty world
     Am        C       G      F
With eyes like poison birds

[Outro]
Em D       x3
G  F
Am C F Em  x4

How to play The Empty World: key, chords and progression

This is the chords of The Empty World by The Cure on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

The Empty World by The Cure is centred on A minor (no sharps or flats). The song uses 6 chords: Am, C, F, Em, G and D.

The progression the song keeps returning to is Am – C – F – Em (i – III – VI – v in A minor). Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Beginner-friendly: almost every chord is an open chord on guitar, so you can play it without a capo or barre chords.