Empty chords by Janet Jackson

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Spoken Intro:
A minorAm A minorAm         A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7  A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7  A minorAm Fmaj7Fmaj7
    1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4


Verse 1:
       A minorAm     Fmaj7Fmaj7
How could it be that you knew me?
      A minorAm       Fmaj7Fmaj7
My deepest fears, my fantasies
      A minorAm       Fmaj7Fmaj7
Confide in you what no one knows
       A minorAm
But it feels so real (1, 2, 3, 4)

Pre-Chorus:
A minorAm        Fmaj7Fmaj7
(When I close my eyes) I can see your face
A minorAm         Fmaj7Fmaj7
(When I lick my lips) I can taste your smile
A minorAm          Fmaj7Fmaj7
(When I see your name) My heart starts to race
A minorAm               Fmaj7Fmaj7
(If I can't read your thoughts) Then I feel empty


Chorus:
A minorAm            Fmaj7Fmaj7
(When I close my eyes) I feel empty
A minorAm            Fmaj7Fmaj7
(When I close my eyes) I feel empty
A minorAm               Fmaj7Fmaj7
(When I close my eyes) Whoa, I feel empty
A minorAm          Fmaj7Fmaj7
(When I close my eyes)


Verse 2:
     A minorAm
Is this a new way to love?
A minorAm
Never face to face, is it enough?
Am7Am7              Fmaj7Fmaj7
Does it really count or am I a fool?
A minorAm                 FF
So tell me, please, am I wasting my time?

Am7Am7
Your phrases, descriptive
  Fmaj7Fmaj7
And through the textured words
A minorAm
With beauty, you post it
           A augmentedA
And use such colored verbs
C majorC              A augmentedA
We've never met, ooh (1, 2, 3, 4)

Pre-Chorus:
A minorAm          Fmaj7Fmaj7      A minorAm
(When I close my eyes) I can see your face
A minorAm          Fmaj7Fmaj7       A minorAm
(When I lick my lips) I can taste your smile
A minorAm          Fmaj7Fmaj7        A minorAm
(When I see your name) My heart starts to race
A minorAm          Fmaj7Fmaj7         A minorAm
(If I can't read your thoughts) Then I feel empty


Chorus:
A minorAm        FF
(When I close my eyes) I feel empty
A minorAm           FF
(When I close my eyes) Whoa, I feel empty
A minorAm        FF       A minorAm
(When I close my eyes) Oh yeah yeah
         FF
(When I close my eyes)


Verse 3:
  A minorAm           Fmaj7Fmaj7
I'm rushin' home to turn you on
A minorAm             Fmaj7Fmaj7
Sometimes you're there, sometimes you're gone
A minorAm            Fmaj7Fmaj7
Wait for hours for your return
  A minorAm          FF
So tell me please, am I wasting my time?

A minorAm
Your phrases, descriptive
Fmaj7Fmaj7
And through the textured words
A minorAm
With beauty, you post it
   FF
And use such colored verbs

A minorAm             Fmaj7Fmaj7
So tell me, you think that maybe we've gone insane?
  A minorAm        FF
To find a, a lover and through the words of pain
C majorC      Cmaj7Cmaj7  A augmentedA      A minorAm
We've never met, ooh  1,2,1,2,3,4


Pre-Chorus:
A minorAm        FF          A minorAm
(When I close my eyes) I can see your face
A minorAm        FF           A minorAm
(When I lick my lips) I can taste your smile
A minorAm        FF            A minorAm
(When I see your name) My heart starts to race
A minorAm          FF           A minorAm
(If I can't read your thoughts) Then I feel empty

FF      A minorAm G+G        A minorAm FF A minorAm FF   A minorAm
I feel empty,  wow, I feel empty,     so empty


Chorus:
A minorAm       Fmaj7Fmaj7         A minorAm
When I lick my lips (When I close my eyes)
         FF           A minorAm
I can taste your smile (When I close my eyes)
          FF           A minorAm
My heart starts to race (When I close my eyes)
         FF           A minorAm  C majorC
I can taste your smile (When I close my eyes)


Solo:
A minorAm C majorC A minorAm FF A minorAm FF A minorAm FF A minorAm FF


Pre-Chorus:
 A minorAm        FF          A minorAm
(When I close my eyes) I can see your face
         FF          A minorAm
(When I lick my lips) I can taste your smile
         FF            A minorAm
(When I see your name) My heart starts to race
           FF           A minorAm
(If I can't read your thoughts) Then I feel empty


Chorus:
A minorAm           FF
(When I close my eyes) I feel empty
A minorAm           FF      C majorC C majorC A minorAm
(When I close my eyes) I feel empty
 C majorC
(1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4)

Solo:
A minorAm FF A minorAm A minorAm A minorAm FF A minorAm A minorAm C majorC C majorC C majorC
                  1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4

Outro:
A minorAm        FF
(When I close my eyes)
A minorAm        FF
(When I close my eyes)
A minorAm        FF
(When I close my eyes)
A minorAm        G+G
(When I close my eyes)
 G+G     A minorAm
(4, 3, 2, 1)