Chords:
EADGBe
Fm (133111)
Fsus4 (133311)
Gsus4 (355533)
Gm (355333)
Eb (x68886)
Intro is just Fm Fsus4 Fm Fsus4 Fm Fsus4 Fm
Fsus4 Fm Fsus4 Fm Fsus4 Gm Gsus4 Gm
I woke up this morning I could barely breathe,
Gsus4 Fm Fsus4 Fm Fsus4 Gm Gsus4 Gm
Just an empty impression in the bed where you used to be,
Gsus4 Fm Fsus4 Fm Fsus4 Gm Gsus4 Gm
I want a kiss from your lips, I want an eye for an eye,
Gsus4 Fm Fsus4 Fm Fsus4 Fm Fsus4 Fm
I woke up this morning to an empty sky,
Fsus4 Gm Gsus4 D# Fm Fsus4 Fm
Empty sky, empty sky, I woke up this morning to an empty sky,
Fsus4 Gm Gsus4 D# Fm Fsus4 Fm
Empty sky, empty sky, I woke up this morning to an empty sky,
Fsus4 Fm Fsus4 Fm
Blood on the streets,
Fsus4 Gm Gsus4 Gm
Blood flowin' down,
Gsus4 Fm Fsus4 Fm
I hear the blood of my blood,
Fsus4 Fm Fsus4 Fm
Cryin' from the ground,
Fsus4 Gm Gsus4 D# Fm Fsus4 Fm
Empty sky, empty sky, I woke up this morning to an empty sky,
Fsus4 Gm Gsus4 D# Fm Fsus4 Fm
Empty sky, empty sky, I woke up this morning to an empty sky,
Harmonica solo over Gm Eb Fm
Fsus4 Fm Fsus4 Fm Fsus4 Gm Gsus4 Gm
On the plains of Jordan, I cut my bow from the wood,
Gsus4 Fm Fsus4 Fm Fsus4 Gm Gsus4 Gm
Of this tree of evil, of this tree of good,
Gsus4 Fm Fsus4 Fm Fsus4 Gm Gsus4 Gm
I want a kiss from your lips, I want an eye for an eye,
Gsus4 Fm Fsus4 Fm Fsus4 Fm Fsus4 Fm
I woke up this morning to an empty sky,
Fsus4 Gm Gsus4 D# Fm Fsus4 Fm
Empty sky, empty sky, I woke up this morning to an empty sky,
Fsus4 Gm Gsus4 D# Fm Fsus4 Fm
Empty sky, empty sky, I woke up this morning to an empty sky,
Fsus4 Gm Gsus4 D# Fm Fsus4 Fm
Empty sky, empty sky, I woke up this morning to an empty sky,
Harmonica solo over Gm Eb Fm
I'm not 100% about the chords behind the harmonica solo, but I suppose they'll do......
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This is my first tab, but i had to submit it as i love this
song but no one has got it right yet. I saw him play at
Wembley Arena, and he played it like this but solo acoustic
(It works both ways)
Empty Sky
The Rising
Bruce Springsteen
Capo on the 3rd fret:
For verses it goes,
-+-+-+-+-+-+-
- - - - - - 1st fret (with capo on, so actually 4th fret)
- - - - - -
- - - - 1 -
- - 2 - - - "I woke up this morning"
- 3 - - - -
then
-+-+-+-+-+-+-
- - - - - -
- 2 2 - - - "I could barely breath"
- - - - - -
This continues throughout the song, but at the chorus it goes
-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-
- - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - -
- 2 2 - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - 1 -
- - 2 - - -
- 3 - - - -
"Empty Sky.......Empty Sky.........I woke up this morning to an empty sky"
source: tabsrus.nl





Language: english
Mood: Melancholy; Bittersweet; Reflective; Passionate; Rousing; Poignant; Plaintive; Brooding; Somber; Wistful; Searching; Autumnal; Sad
Theme: Feeling Blue; Heartache; Reflection; Loss/Grief; Comfort
Style: Contemporary Pop/Rock; Album Rock; Heartland Rock