Hollow

Barns Courtney

RockMedium for beginners4 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

 
              Intro: C  Dm  Am  F  (x2) 
 
 
Verse 1:
C 
Usually, it wouldn't mean shit 
    Dm 
But you're alright 
Am 
 With eyes like lasers through the mist 
        F 
Burning souls alive 
C 
 With one shut eye untouched 
         Dm 
By the brighter light 
Am 
 You could be denser than some 
        F 
With 20/20 sight 
 
 
Pre-Chorus
C 
You could burn up like kinder flay 
                 Dm 
Could plug up to razor blades 
Am 
Or you could just throw me away 
            F 
Because I'm hollow 
C 
Fire flint sparks off in the dark 
                 Dm 
Tear up boys and call it art 
Am 
Or you can hollow out your heart 
 
So we can be hollow 
 
 
 
C 
Fill me up and I'll follow 
 
'Cause pride's hard to swallow 
Am 
Times like these make us hollow 
F 
Hollow, hollow 
C 
Fill me up and I'll follow 
 
'Cause pride's hard to swallow 
Am 
Times like these make us hollow 
F               C   Am   F 
Hollow, hollow 
 
 
Verse 2: 
C 
Dirt optics see through my words 
        Dm 
On my bakelite 
Am 
Crawl down and see what they heard 
      F 
The underground's alive 
C 
 My mind is getting kinda dumb 
       Dm 
Hollow out the sides 
Am 
 Then bring the shooting squad and some 
 
And leave my heart behind 
 
 
Pre-Chorus
C 
You could burn up like kinder flay 
                 Dm 
Could plug up to razor blades 
Am 
Or you could just throw me away 
            F 
Because I'm hollow 
C 
Fire flint sparks off in the dark 
                 Dm 
Tear up boys and call it art 
Am 
Or you can hollow out your heart 
 
So we can be hollow 
 
 
C 
Fill me up and I'll follow 
 
'Cause pride's hard to swallow 
Am 
Times like these make us hollow 
F 
Hollow, hollow 
C 
Fill me up and I'll follow 
 
'Cause pride's hard to swallow 
Am 
Times like these make us hollow 
F               C   Am   F 
Hollow, hollow 
 
Pre-Chorus
C               Dm 
Oh, down the mountain runs 
            Am 
We're the hollow ones forever 
C             Dm 
Oh, not the underground 
        Am                C   Am 
Or the overproud forever 
F           C   Am  F 
Hollow, hollow 
 
 
C 
Fill me up and I'll follow 
 
'Cause pride's hard to swallow 
Am 
Times like these make us hollow 
F 
Hollow, hollow 
C 
Fill me up and I'll follow 
 
'Cause pride's hard to swallow 
Am 
Times like these make us hollow 
F           C 
Hollow, hollow

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Chord set

C · Dm · Am · F

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.