Chords for How to Play: 'Empty Room' Prince Guitar Lesson
Tempo:
131.5 bpm
Chords used:
A
C#
E
B
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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chords that repeat
sharp
[F#m] F sharp minor [E] [C#] C sharp major so
[A]
[F#m]
[C#] [N]
and sometimes I can elaborate on those [C#] I can
chords that repeat
sharp
[F#m] F sharp minor [E] [C#] C sharp major so
[A]
[F#m]
[C#] [N]
and sometimes I can elaborate on those [C#] I can
100% ➙ 132BPM
A
C#
E
B
G
A
C#
E
Hey Guitar Buddies, let's check out Empty Room by Prince.
Now it's very straightforward, we've just got three chords that repeat
[C#] _ _ _ C sharp
_ [A] _ _ A _
[F#m] F _ _ sharp minor [E] [C#] C _ _ _ sharp major so _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
and sometimes I can elaborate on those [C#] I can
If _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [D#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
[G#] I want to make things more interesting.
[F#] I'm just playing C sharp [A] then A and adding the 6 with my little finger F sharp
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
On the F sharp minor [N] again, I did a 6 with my little finger
[F#m]
It's [F] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
got [G#m] a great sound
[F#] _ _ [G] Even [F#m] _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] maybe play a C [C#] sharp major 7
[B] _ _ that's for the um
_ Quiet part of the song and then of course the guitar kicks in nice and heavy and we just play some power chords
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ So _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ just playing C sharp [G] A and F sharp as just power chords _ _ _
And also later in the song it kind of adds [F#] a little
_ [G#] _
_ [A] _ [G] Of _ the [E] F sharp so we've [C#] got
_ Now _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _
[A] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ there's some little solo bits in [G] there, which are nice
So when the guitar first comes in playing a solo, it really just plays the melody of the song basically
_ _ [G#m] So _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [G]
what I'm playing [G#m] there is _ _ _ _
_ _ F F sharp G sharp
_ _ _ [Em] 6 7 9 _ [G] twice
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ And then going up to an A _
Then _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [B] doing a little
_ Trill on F sharp G sharp F sharp
[Em] Going to an E _ _
then [B] playing A
_ _ [E] Same _ _ again, basically A [Bm] trill F sharp G sharp _ [E] and _ _ _ _ _ bend it up to a G sharp
_ [D] _
_ [E] _ _ [F] So _ _ _
_ [G#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] Okay, and then later we can just uh improvise a solo
Over a C minor [B] blues
_ So _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] he plays lots of that.
So I'm bending up over the C sharp chord to a [B] G sharp
_ Then _ _ _ _ _ _ _ coming back down
_ [Em] _ [D#] _ To a C sharp for the A chord [B] and then just playing a kind of
[E] _ _ _
_ [G] bluesy lick over the F sharp minor
_ [G#m] So _ [F] I'm playing bending up to [C#m] a C sharp
And [B] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ [N] then just playing kind of a pattern down the minor pentatonic scale
So it's just you really using that scale to really let yourself go and have some fun with uh, so it's a great tune
Um, just those three chords so you can really uh, go nuts Have fun
Now it's very straightforward, we've just got three chords that repeat
[C#] _ _ _ C sharp
_ [A] _ _ A _
[F#m] F _ _ sharp minor [E] [C#] C _ _ _ sharp major so _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
and sometimes I can elaborate on those [C#] I can
If _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ [D#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
[G#] I want to make things more interesting.
[F#] I'm just playing C sharp [A] then A and adding the 6 with my little finger F sharp
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
On the F sharp minor [N] again, I did a 6 with my little finger
[F#m]
It's [F] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _
got [G#m] a great sound
[F#] _ _ [G] Even [F#m] _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] maybe play a C [C#] sharp major 7
[B] _ _ that's for the um
_ Quiet part of the song and then of course the guitar kicks in nice and heavy and we just play some power chords
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ So _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ just playing C sharp [G] A and F sharp as just power chords _ _ _
And also later in the song it kind of adds [F#] a little
_ [G#] _
_ [A] _ [G] Of _ the [E] F sharp so we've [C#] got
_ Now _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _
[A] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ there's some little solo bits in [G] there, which are nice
So when the guitar first comes in playing a solo, it really just plays the melody of the song basically
_ _ [G#m] So _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [G]
what I'm playing [G#m] there is _ _ _ _
_ _ F F sharp G sharp
_ _ _ [Em] 6 7 9 _ [G] twice
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ And then going up to an A _
Then _ _ _ [Em] _ _ [B] doing a little
_ Trill on F sharp G sharp F sharp
[Em] Going to an E _ _
then [B] playing A
_ _ [E] Same _ _ again, basically A [Bm] trill F sharp G sharp _ [E] and _ _ _ _ _ bend it up to a G sharp
_ [D] _
_ [E] _ _ [F] So _ _ _
_ [G#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [B] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] Okay, and then later we can just uh improvise a solo
Over a C minor [B] blues
_ So _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[N] he plays lots of that.
So I'm bending up over the C sharp chord to a [B] G sharp
_ Then _ _ _ _ _ _ _ coming back down
_ [Em] _ [D#] _ To a C sharp for the A chord [B] and then just playing a kind of
[E] _ _ _
_ [G] bluesy lick over the F sharp minor
_ [G#m] So _ [F] I'm playing bending up to [C#m] a C sharp
And [B] _ _ _ _ [C#m] _
_ [N] then just playing kind of a pattern down the minor pentatonic scale
So it's just you really using that scale to really let yourself go and have some fun with uh, so it's a great tune
Um, just those three chords so you can really uh, go nuts Have fun