My World Is Empty Without You
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...MY WORLD IS EMPTY WITHOUT YOU... by The Supremes
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*from 'I Hear a Symphony' (1965)*
Intro:
Bm G (x2)
Chorus 1:
Bm G
My world is empty without you, babe,
Bm G F#m
My world is empty without you, babe.
Verse 1:
D A/C#
And as I go my way a-lone,
Em Bm/D A7b9 A
I find it hard for me to carry on.
D A/C#
I need your strength, I need your tender touch,
Em Bm A7
I need the love, my dear, I miss so much.
Chorus 2:
Bm G
My world is empty without you, babe,
Bm G F#m
My world is empty without you, babe.
Verse 2:
D A/C#
From this old world, I try to hide my face,
Em Bm/D A7b9 A
But from this loneliness, there's no hiding place.
D A/C#
Inside this cold and empty house, I dwell,
Em Bm A7
In darkness, with memories I know so well.
Interlude:
Bm G (x2)
Bridge 1:
A/C# Am/C
I need love now, more than before,
F Dm A
I can hardly carry on any more.
Chorus 3:
Bm G
My world is empty without you, babe,
Bm G F#m
My world is empty without you, babe.
Verse 3:
D A/C#
My mind and soul, have felt like this,
Em Bm/D A7b9 A
Since love between us no more exist.
D A/C#
And each time the darkness falls,
Em Bm A7
It finds me alone, with these four walls.
Chorus 4:
Bm G
My world is empty without you, babe,
Bm G
Without you, babe, without you, babe.
Coda:
Bm G
Without you, babe, without you, babe.
Bm G
Without you, babe, without you, babe.
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Bm G F#m D A/C# Em Bm/D
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x24432 355433 244222 xx0232 x4222x 022000 x5443x
A7b9 A A7 Am/C F Dm
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
x02323 x02220 x02223 x32210 133211 xx0231
Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 (clumsyband@hotmail.com)
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