Empty chords by Janet Jackson

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Spoken Intro:
Am  Am                  Am  Fmaj7   Am  Fmaj7   Am  Fmaj7
       1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4


Verse 1:
             Am          Fmaj7
How could it be that you knew me?
            Am              Fmaj7
My deepest fears, my fantasies
           Am              Fmaj7
Confide in you what no one knows
             Am
But it feels so real (1, 2, 3, 4)

Pre-Chorus:
Am               Fmaj7
(When I close my eyes) I can see your face
Am                  Fmaj7
(When I lick my lips) I can taste your smile
Am                    Fmaj7
(When I see your name) My heart starts to race
Am                             Fmaj7
(If I can't read your thoughts) Then I feel empty


Chorus:
Am                       Fmaj7
(When I close my eyes) I feel empty
Am                       Fmaj7
(When I close my eyes) I feel empty
Am                             Fmaj7
(When I close my eyes) Whoa, I feel empty
Am                    Fmaj7
(When I close my eyes)


Verse 2:
          Am
Is this a new way to love?
Am
Never face to face, is it enough?
Am7                            Fmaj7
Does it really count or am I a fool?
Am                                  F
So tell me, please, am I wasting my time?

Am7
Your phrases, descriptive
    Fmaj7
And through the textured words
Am
With beauty, you post it
                     A
And use such colored verbs
C                           A
We've never met, ooh (1, 2, 3, 4)


Pre-Chorus:
Am                    Fmaj7           Am
(When I close my eyes) I can see your face
Am                   Fmaj7             Am
(When I lick my lips) I can taste your smile
Am                    Fmaj7               Am
(When I see your name) My heart starts to race
Am                    Fmaj7                 Am
(If I can't read your thoughts) Then I feel empty


Chorus:
Am               F
(When I close my eyes) I feel empty
Am                     F
(When I close my eyes) Whoa, I feel empty
Am               F             Am
(When I close my eyes) Oh yeah yeah
                  F
(When I close my eyes)


Verse 3:
    Am                      Fmaj7
I'm rushin' home to turn you on
Am                          Fmaj7
Sometimes you're there, sometimes you're gone
Am                        Fmaj7
Wait for hours for your return
   Am                   F
So tell me please, am I wasting my time?

Am
Your phrases, descriptive
Fmaj7
And through the textured words
Am
With beauty, you post it
     F
And use such colored verbs

Am                         Fmaj7
So tell me, you think that maybe we've gone insane?
   Am               F
To find a, a lover and through the words of pain
C           Cmaj7    A           Am
We've never met, ooh   1,2,1,2,3,4


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

F            Am G                Am  F  Am  F      Am
I feel empty,   wow, I feel empty,          so empty


Chorus:
Am             Fmaj7                 Am
When I lick my lips (When I close my eyes)
                 F                      Am
I can taste your smile (When I close my eyes)
                   F                     Am
My heart starts to race (When I close my eyes)
                 F                      Am    C
I can taste your smile (When I close my eyes)


Solo:
Am  C  Am  F  Am  F  Am  F  Am  F


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


Chorus:
Am                     F
(When I close my eyes) I feel empty
Am                     F            C  C  Am
(When I close my eyes) I feel empty
 C
(1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4)

Solo:
Am  F  Am  Am  Am  F  Am  Am  C  C  C
                                    1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4

Outro:
Am               F
(When I close my eyes)
Am               F
(When I close my eyes)
Am               F
(When I close my eyes)
Am               G
(When I close my eyes)
 G          Am
(4, 3, 2, 1)