Empty City
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Standard tuning
INTRO
E7* E6* Em Esus2* E7* E6* Em Esus2*
e|-------7-----5-----3----2----------7-----5-----3----2------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---4/7---4/6---2/4---4\2-------4/7---4/6---2/4---4\2-------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-let ring-----------------(0)----------------------------------------|
VERSE 1&2
E7* E6* Em Esus2* E7* E6* Em Esus2* Asus2* A
e|-------7-----5-----3----2-------7-----5-----3----2-----------7-----5---|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---4/7---4/6---2/4---4\2----4/7---4/6---2/4---4\2--------4/7---4/6-----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------0---------------|
E|-0-let ring--------------(0)-------------------------------------------|
A7 * A7 A E7* E6* Em Esus2* Cmaj7 F#m B*
e|--3\2/3-3/5-------7-----5-----3-----2-0--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------0---0---0--------------------0---|
G|--4\2/4-4/6---4/7---4/6---2/4---4\2---5----------------------2---------|
D|--------------------------------------5-5---5---5---5------4-----4---4-|
A|--------------------------------------3-----------3------4-----2-------|
E|------------0-------------------------------------------2--------------|
VERSE1
E7* E6* Em Esus2* E7* E6* Em Esus2*
Empty city, it's calling your name
Asus2* A A7 * A7 A E7* E6* Em Esus2*
Wheel of fortune, sucking you into the game
Cmaj7 F#m B*
It's a fatal attraction that pulls you like a moth to the flame
(repeat intro)
VERSE2
E7* E6* Em Esus2* E7* E6* Em Esus2*
Empty city, sitting waiting in the hills
Asus2* A A7 * A7 A E7* E6* Em Esus2*
Babylonia, promising all kinds of thrills
Cmaj7
Here they all know what they want
F#m B*
And they chase it with a passion that kills
(repeat intro, drums start, bass changes)
VERSE 3
E7* E6* Em Esus2* E7* E6* Em Esus2* Asus2* A
e|-------7-----5-----3----2-------7-----5-----3----2-----------7-----5---|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---4/7---4/6---2/4---4\2----4/7---4/6---2/4---4\2--------4/7---4/6-----|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------0---------------|
E|-0-let ring--------------(0)-------------------------------------------|
A7 * A7 A E7* E6* Em Esus2* Cmaj7 F#m B*
e|--3\2/3-3/5-------7-----5-----3-----2-0--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------0---0---0--------------------0---|
G|--4\2/4-4/6---4/7---4/6---2/4---4\2---5----------------------2---------|
D|--------------------------------------5-5---5---5---5------4-----4---4-|
A|--------------------------------------3-----------3------4-----2-------|
E|------------0-------------------------------------------2--------------|
ABCD5
e|-------------------------------|
B|-----1--------3----------------|
G|-------2--------4------5----7--|
D|---2--------4--------5---5--7--| Straight into interlude from here
A|-0--------2--------3--------5--|
E|-------------------------------|
VERSE 3
E7* E6* Em Esus2* E7* E6* Em Esus2*
Empty city, yeah, what's easy come don't let it go
Asus2* A A7 * A7 A E7* E6* Em Esus2*
Count your money, every day it seems to grow
Cmaj7 F#m B* Am
Build a wall around your dream, get a gun, don't let nobody close
Bm C5 D5
Are you happy with the life that you chose?
INTERLUDE
First part of interlude, just play these chords, with power chords:
FGAGFCGD5
FGAGFCG5
Second part of interlude:
e|-------------------| |-------------------|
B|-------------------| |-------------------|
G|-----9--9----------| |-----9--9----------| This riff section continues
D|-----9--98---7---5-|x3 |-----9--98---7---3-| on in the bridge and becomes
A|-----7--78---7---5-| |-----7--78---7---3-| slightly modified
E|-0-0-----6-0-5-0-3-| |-0-0-----6-0-5-0-1-|
BRIDGE
e|-------------------| |-------------------|
B|-------------------| |-------------------|
G|-----9--9----------| |-----9--9----------|
D|-----9--98---7---5-|x3 |-----9--98---7---3-| whole section x2
A|-----7--78---7---5-| |-----7--78---7---3-|
E|-0-0-----6-0-5-0-3-| |-0-0-----6-0-5-0-1-|
e|-------------------| |-------------------|
B|--------9----------| |-------------------|
G|-----9--98---7---5-| |-----9--9----------|
D|-----7--78---7---5-|x2 |-----9--98---7---5-| x2
A|-0-0-----6-0-5-0-3-| |-----7--78---7---5-|
E|-------------------| |-0-0-----6-0-5-0-3-|
She came in from the desert and the dust
And now she's trying to stay afloat on a crazy sea of lust
It's hard to love a city when that city has no heart
It'll rape your mind and sell your body
It'll tear your soul apart, wow tear it apart
PRE-SOLO (power chords, continues into same riff section as before)
C5
'Cos when you scratch through the surface
D5 E5
You won't find a damn thing underneath
F5 B5 A5 G5
And everybody's moving on, that's why I believe
F5 (riff section)
It's an empty city, it's an empty city
SOLO (riff refers to same riff section as before, played only x2)
A5 riff A5 B5 C5 D5 (repeat intro)
VERSE4 (same as verse3, only longer)
E7* E6* Em Esus2* E7* E6* Em Esus2*
Empty city, it's calling your name
Asus2* A A7 * A7 A E7* E6* Em Esus2*
Wheel of fortune, sucking you into the game
Cmaj7 F#m B* Am Bm
It's a fatal attraction that pulls you like a moth to the flame
C5 D5 Am Bm
'Til you've forgotten your name,
C5 D5 Am Bm
where the streets are lined with pain
C5 D5 riff section...
But I can't stay away
OUTRO (play riff section until fade-out)
No, no
Well it's an empty city
Empty city
(fade out)
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