Chords for The Joyaires sing The Empty Chair
Tempo:
64.65 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
F
Gb
Db
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
This next song we're going to do is a song written by a dear friend of ours
He's a pastor over in Mountain City, Tennessee.
His name is Leonard Fletcher
We'd recorded a song and just gave him a rough mix and about two weeks after that
He sent me an email and he said brother Ernie said I just want you to know that you can tell folks
After that when you sing this song that this writer truly knows about the meaning of this song said my father just passed away this week
And we're having his funeral tonight.
That was on a Friday and he said
Just tell him that he he truly knows what the meaning of the empty chair is all about
[Am] [F] [C]
[F]
[C] Sitting by the window [F] on a cold and cloudy day
[Dm] An old man does the best he can [G] just to pass the [C] time away
And the death has taken [F] his wife of many years
[Dm] Here streamed [G] down his weathered face [Dm] looking at an [C] empty chair
She was his loving sweetheart [F] a precious gift from God
[Dm] They'd serve the Lord so faithfully
[F] Through all the miles [C] they trod
He never thought he'd be alone [F] that she'd always be there
[Dm] But now he sits [G] and longs for home looking at an empty [C] chair
[F] God gives [G] grace to feel an empty [C] chair
[F] When loved ones leave [G] he promised he'll [Am] be there
[F] We'll meet again [G] in heaven [Em] in a place that he's [F] prepared
Thank our Savior [G] for the grace that filled an empty [C] chair
[Ab]
[Db] One day up in heaven a
search was [Gb] made for [Ebm] all a
Sacrifice was needed
[Gb] because of [Ab] man's great fall
[Db] Son of God prepared to [Gb] leave to pay the price of all
[Ebm] And left his [Ab] father sitting [Ebm] there looking at [Db] an empty
[Bbm] He came down [Ab] to a manger
[Gb] Grew up to be a man
[Bbm] Lay down his [Fm] life on cavalry
[G]
According to [Ab] God's plan
[Bbm] Satan thought that [Fm] he was finished [Gb] that death had [Db] sealed his doom
[Ebm] But three days [Db] later Satan sat [Ab] looking at an [Db] empty chair
[Gb] [Ab]
[Db] [Gb] When loved ones [Ab] leave he promised [Bbm] he'll be there
[Gb] We'll meet [Ab] again in heaven [Fm] in a place that [Gb] he's prepared
[Ebm] And thank our [Ab] Savior for the grace that filled an [Db] empty chair
[Gb] We'll meet [Ab] again in heaven [Fm] in a place that [Gb] he's prepared
[Ebm] And thank our [Ab] Savior for the grace [Ebm] that filled [Ab] an [Db] empty chair
[Eb] [Db]
He's a pastor over in Mountain City, Tennessee.
His name is Leonard Fletcher
We'd recorded a song and just gave him a rough mix and about two weeks after that
He sent me an email and he said brother Ernie said I just want you to know that you can tell folks
After that when you sing this song that this writer truly knows about the meaning of this song said my father just passed away this week
And we're having his funeral tonight.
That was on a Friday and he said
Just tell him that he he truly knows what the meaning of the empty chair is all about
[Am] [F] [C]
[F]
[C] Sitting by the window [F] on a cold and cloudy day
[Dm] An old man does the best he can [G] just to pass the [C] time away
And the death has taken [F] his wife of many years
[Dm] Here streamed [G] down his weathered face [Dm] looking at an [C] empty chair
She was his loving sweetheart [F] a precious gift from God
[Dm] They'd serve the Lord so faithfully
[F] Through all the miles [C] they trod
He never thought he'd be alone [F] that she'd always be there
[Dm] But now he sits [G] and longs for home looking at an empty [C] chair
[F] God gives [G] grace to feel an empty [C] chair
[F] When loved ones leave [G] he promised he'll [Am] be there
[F] We'll meet again [G] in heaven [Em] in a place that he's [F] prepared
Thank our Savior [G] for the grace that filled an empty [C] chair
[Ab]
[Db] One day up in heaven a
search was [Gb] made for [Ebm] all a
Sacrifice was needed
[Gb] because of [Ab] man's great fall
[Db] Son of God prepared to [Gb] leave to pay the price of all
[Ebm] And left his [Ab] father sitting [Ebm] there looking at [Db] an empty
[Bbm] He came down [Ab] to a manger
[Gb] Grew up to be a man
[Bbm] Lay down his [Fm] life on cavalry
[G]
According to [Ab] God's plan
[Bbm] Satan thought that [Fm] he was finished [Gb] that death had [Db] sealed his doom
[Ebm] But three days [Db] later Satan sat [Ab] looking at an [Db] empty chair
[Gb] [Ab]
[Db] [Gb] When loved ones [Ab] leave he promised [Bbm] he'll be there
[Gb] We'll meet [Ab] again in heaven [Fm] in a place that [Gb] he's prepared
[Ebm] And thank our [Ab] Savior for the grace that filled an [Db] empty chair
[Gb] We'll meet [Ab] again in heaven [Fm] in a place that [Gb] he's prepared
[Ebm] And thank our [Ab] Savior for the grace [Ebm] that filled [Ab] an [Db] empty chair
[Eb] [Db]
Key:
Ab
F
Gb
Db
C
Ab
F
Gb
This next song we're going to do is a song written by a dear friend of ours
He's a pastor over in Mountain City, Tennessee.
His name is Leonard Fletcher
We'd recorded a song and just gave him a rough mix and about two weeks after that
He sent me an email and he said brother Ernie said I just want you to know that you can tell folks
After that when you sing this song that this writer truly knows about the meaning of this song said my father just passed away this week
And we're having his funeral tonight.
That was on a Friday and he said
Just tell him that he he truly knows what the meaning of the empty chair is all about
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] Sitting by the window [F] on a cold and cloudy day
[Dm] An old man does the best he can [G] just to pass the [C] time away
_ And the death has taken [F] his wife of many years
[Dm] Here streamed [G] down his weathered face [Dm] looking at an [C] empty chair
_ _ She was his loving sweetheart [F] a precious gift from God
[Dm] They'd serve the Lord so faithfully
[F] Through all the miles [C] they trod
He never thought he'd be alone [F] that she'd always be there
[Dm] But now he sits [G] and longs for home looking at an empty [C] chair
_ _ [F] God gives [G] grace to feel an empty [C] chair
_ _ [F] When loved ones leave [G] he promised he'll [Am] be there
_ _ [F] We'll meet again [G] in heaven [Em] in a place that he's [F] prepared
_ _ Thank our Savior [G] for the grace that filled an empty [C] chair
_ [Ab] _
[Db] One day up in heaven a
search was [Gb] made for [Ebm] all a
Sacrifice was needed
[Gb] because of [Ab] man's great fall
[Db] Son of God prepared to [Gb] leave to pay the price of all
[Ebm] And left his [Ab] father sitting [Ebm] there looking at [Db] an empty
_ _ [Bbm] He came down [Ab] to a manger
[Gb] Grew up to be a man
[Bbm] Lay down his [Fm] life on cavalry
[G]
According to [Ab] God's plan
[Bbm] Satan thought that [Fm] he was finished [Gb] that death had [Db] sealed his doom
[Ebm] But three days [Db] later Satan sat [Ab] looking at an [Db] empty chair
_ _ [Gb] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Db] _ _ _ [Gb] When loved ones [Ab] leave he promised [Bbm] he'll be _ there
[Gb] We'll meet [Ab] again in heaven [Fm] in a place that [Gb] he's prepared
_ _ [Ebm] And thank our [Ab] Savior for the grace that filled an [Db] empty chair _ _
[Gb] We'll meet [Ab] again in heaven [Fm] in a place that [Gb] he's prepared
_ [Ebm] And thank our [Ab] Savior for the grace [Ebm] that filled [Ab] an [Db] empty chair
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
He's a pastor over in Mountain City, Tennessee.
His name is Leonard Fletcher
We'd recorded a song and just gave him a rough mix and about two weeks after that
He sent me an email and he said brother Ernie said I just want you to know that you can tell folks
After that when you sing this song that this writer truly knows about the meaning of this song said my father just passed away this week
And we're having his funeral tonight.
That was on a Friday and he said
Just tell him that he he truly knows what the meaning of the empty chair is all about
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] Sitting by the window [F] on a cold and cloudy day
[Dm] An old man does the best he can [G] just to pass the [C] time away
_ And the death has taken [F] his wife of many years
[Dm] Here streamed [G] down his weathered face [Dm] looking at an [C] empty chair
_ _ She was his loving sweetheart [F] a precious gift from God
[Dm] They'd serve the Lord so faithfully
[F] Through all the miles [C] they trod
He never thought he'd be alone [F] that she'd always be there
[Dm] But now he sits [G] and longs for home looking at an empty [C] chair
_ _ [F] God gives [G] grace to feel an empty [C] chair
_ _ [F] When loved ones leave [G] he promised he'll [Am] be there
_ _ [F] We'll meet again [G] in heaven [Em] in a place that he's [F] prepared
_ _ Thank our Savior [G] for the grace that filled an empty [C] chair
_ [Ab] _
[Db] One day up in heaven a
search was [Gb] made for [Ebm] all a
Sacrifice was needed
[Gb] because of [Ab] man's great fall
[Db] Son of God prepared to [Gb] leave to pay the price of all
[Ebm] And left his [Ab] father sitting [Ebm] there looking at [Db] an empty
_ _ [Bbm] He came down [Ab] to a manger
[Gb] Grew up to be a man
[Bbm] Lay down his [Fm] life on cavalry
[G]
According to [Ab] God's plan
[Bbm] Satan thought that [Fm] he was finished [Gb] that death had [Db] sealed his doom
[Ebm] But three days [Db] later Satan sat [Ab] looking at an [Db] empty chair
_ _ [Gb] _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Db] _ _ _ [Gb] When loved ones [Ab] leave he promised [Bbm] he'll be _ there
[Gb] We'll meet [Ab] again in heaven [Fm] in a place that [Gb] he's prepared
_ _ [Ebm] And thank our [Ab] Savior for the grace that filled an [Db] empty chair _ _
[Gb] We'll meet [Ab] again in heaven [Fm] in a place that [Gb] he's prepared
_ [Ebm] And thank our [Ab] Savior for the grace [Ebm] that filled [Ab] an [Db] empty chair
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ _ _