Empire State Of Mind | TAB (capo 2)
Using TAB, let’s go through all sections of Empire State Of Mind’s sections to find out how we can play it on the acoustic guitar.
This works best if we fit a capo on fret 2 and think in the key of E, here’s the intro/verse.
The chord progression here is I – IV on repeat. The G# is a IIIx, building tension for the chorus, which looks like this:
The chorus simply turns the movement around and goes IV – I before we add chord V as well.
Here’s the middle 8 section which some prefer to call a bridge. There is now one new chord in the mix, a C#m, chord VI.
Using the same rhythm throughout builds anticipation to the G# (IIIx) which is a tension chord taking us to the final outro chorus, my favourite section.
Here I’ve added add9 and add4 chords to create a release.
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