• Song:

    Empty Sky

  • Artist:

    Bruce Springsteen

  • Album:

    The Rising

Artist: Bruce Springsteen
Song: Empty Sky
Album: The Rising
Tabbed by: xflost

Capo on third fret

Strumming pattern for verses:

D - D9 (sounding as F - F9)

--2-2-2-0--2-2-2-0--2-2-2-0
--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3
--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2
--4-4-4-0--4-4-4-0--4-4-4-0
--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0
--x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x

and

two Em voicings (sounding as Gm) 

--3-3-3-0--3-3-3-0--3-3-3-0
--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0
--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0
--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2
--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2
--x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x

The chorus is 

  Em (Gm)  C (Eb)    D9 (F9)
--0--------0---------2----|
--0--------1---------3----|
--0--------0---------2 ---|
--2--------2---------4----|
--2--------3---------0----|
--0--------3---------x----|


               D(F)
I woke up this ...
               Em(Gm)
I could barely ...
               D(F)
Just an Empty ...
               Em(Gm)
In the bed ...
               D(F)
I want a kiss ...
                      Em(Gm)
I want an eye for an ...
                       D(F)         D(F)
I woke up this morning ...
       Em(Gm)          C(Eb)
Empty sky, Empty sky
                 D(F)               D(F)
I woke up this morning to an ...
       Em(Gm)          C(Eb)
Empty sky, empty sky
                 D(F)               D(F)
I woke up this morning to an ...
          D(F)
Blood on ...
           Em(Gm)
Blood flowin...
                      D(F)
I hear the blood ...
             D(F)
Cryin' from ...
        Em(Gm)        C(Eb)
Empty sky, empty sky
                 D(F)              D(F) 
I woke up this morning ...
       Em(Gm)         C(Eb)
Empty sky, empty sky
                     D(F)          D(F)
I woke up this morning ...
               D(F)
On the plains ...
               Em(Gm)
I cut my bow ...
               D(F) 
Of this tree ...
               D(F)
Of this tree ...
                 D(F)
I want a kiss ...
                Em(Gm)
I want an eye ...
                     D(F)
I woke up this morning ...
       Em(Gm)         C(Eb) 
Empty sky, empty sky
                 D(F)             D(F)
I woke up this morning ...
        Em(Gm)         C(Eb)
Empty sky, empty sky
                    D(F)           D(F)
I woke up this morning ...
       Bb          C(Eb)
Empty sky, empty sky
                   D(F)               D(F)
I woke up this morning ...
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