Death Cab for Cutie - Your Heart Is an Empty Room: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Your Heart Is an Empty Room" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Your Heart Is an Empty Room Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Death Cab for Cutie

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Your Heart Is an Empty Room" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

C       Em            Am           Em     F
Burn it down 'til the embers smoke on the ground
      C    Em            Am         Em     F
And start new when your heart is an empty room
      Am           Em       F
With walls of the deepest blue

Home's face, how it ages when you're away
And spring blooms, then you find a love that's true
But you don't know what now to do

           Am      Em        F
Cause the chase is all you know and
      Am            Em       F C
she stopped running months ago

Chorus:
    F          C         F              Am
And all you see is where else you could be
     Em         F   C
when you're at home
        F            C        F            Am
And out on the street are so many possibilities
   Em       F
to not be alone

The flames and smoke climbed out of every window
And disappeared with everything that you held dear
But you shed not a single tear for the
things that you didn't need
'Cause you knew you were finally free

Chorus:
'Cause all you see is where else you could
be when you're at home
And out on the street are so many possibilities
to not be alone
And all you see is where else you could
be when you're at home
And there on the street are so many
possibilities to not be alone


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Am

Guitar chord Am

C

Guitar chord C

Em

Guitar chord Em

F

Guitar chord F

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Your Heart Is an Empty Room" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Your Heart Is an Empty Room" by Death Cab for Cutie.

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