Empty Sky - Bruce Springsteen (From The Rising)
At last! a new album from the Boss, and some cracking tunes on it, and this one ain't bad either..
yeah I know its only the chords cos I can't do the rest - if anyone else knows it please tell me!!
Lyrics are taken straight out of the book, so if they're wrong then Bruce sang the wrong words.
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 Eb Fm Fsus4 Fm
Empty sky, empty sky, I woke up this morning to an empty sky,
Fsus4 Gm Gsus4 Eb 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,
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Fsus4 Gm Gsus4 Eb Fm Fsus4 Fm
Empty sky, empty sky, I woke up this morning to an empty sky,
Fsus4 Gm Gsus4 Eb 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 Eb Fm Fsus4 Fm
Empty sky, empty sky, I woke up this morning to an empty sky,
Fsus4 Gm Gsus4 Eb Fm Fsus4 Fm
Empty sky, empty sky, I woke up this morning to an empty sky,
Fsus4 Gm Gsus4 Eb 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......
Chords:
EADGBe
Fm (133111)
Fsus4 (133311)
Gsus4 (355533)
Gm (355333)
Eb (x68886)
hope this is useful, Rob
rob_mottram@hotmail.com - email with any corrections, complaints, praise (unlikely) but please - no death threats!
