Carrie Newcomer - An empty chair

I don't like people staring at me like ^DI'm a roadside wreck ^Em I don't wanna have to explain to the ^Cones who rubberneck ^G I don't like that the mail with his name is ^Dstill delivered here ^Em I don't like where he used to be, is ^Cnow an empty chair

My boy said,^G "I don't wanna sit down to dinner, it ^Dmakes my stomach ache ^Em I don't like he don't tuck me in, I don't ^Cwant a birthday cake" ^G When we both sit down to dinner, the ^Dache is everywhere ^Em I don't like, where he used to be, is ^Cnow an empty chair

And I ^Dclose my ^Emeyes and it^C hurts the same ^D When you least ^Emexpect, everything can ^Cchange Everything can change ^G

I don't wanna keep a chin up and keep ^Dwondering "what if?" ^Em There are things you cannot get over, you ^Cjust learn to carry it ^G I don't wanna have to pack up his ^Dthings that still are here ^Em I just want where he used to be, to not ^Cbe an empty chair

And I ^Dclose my ^Emeyes and it^C hurts the same ^D When you least ^Emexpect, everything can ^Cchange Everything can change ^Am

There's an emp^G/Bty ^Cchair in the kitchen ^G There's a quiet ^Din the house ^Am People say ^G/Bthat ^Ctime will heal ^G But I have my ^Ddoubts ^Am There's a cold si^G/Bde ^Cto the bed And ^Gso I sleep down^Dstairs I don't ^Amwant this ^Gempty ^Cchair ^{Am G/B C G}

I don't want see the TV cover ^Done more tragedy ^Em This is not another hard luck story, it^C happened to me ^G People sit around, lie to themselves, 'til the ^Dtale becomes threadbare ^Em The truth sounds like a gunshot and it ^Clooks like an empty chair

And I ^Dclose my ^Emeyes and it^C hurts the same ^D When you least ^Emexpect, everything can ^Cchange Oh, when I ^Dclose my ^Emeyes and it^C hurts the same ^D In a flash of ^Emlight everything can ^Cchange ^CEverything can change ^CEverything can change