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Empty Boat

Caetano Veloso

LatinAdvanced for beginners2 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

G#Diagram coming soon
C#Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              G#        C#          G# 
From the stern to the bow 
C#             G# 
Oh; my boat is empty 
C#               G# 
Yes, my heart is empty 
C#                G#          C# G# C# G# 2X 
From the hole to the how 
 
G#        C#        G# 
From the rudder to the sail 
C#            G# 
Oh my boat is empty 
C#              G# 
Yes, my hand is empty 
C#                 G# 
From the wrist to the nail    C# G# C# G# 
 
G#        C#           G# 
From the ocean to the bay 
C#               G# 
Oh, the sand is clean 
C#               G# 
Oh, my mind is clean 
C#                 G# 
From the night to the day     C# G# C# G# 2X 
 
G#        C#          G# 
From the stern to the bow 
C#              G# 
Oh, my boat is empty 
C#              G# 
Oh, my head is empty 
C#                G# 
From the nape to the brow     C# G# C# G# 
 
G#        C#          G# 
From the east to the west 
C#                 G# 
Oh, the stream is long 
C#                 G# 
Yes, my dream is wrong 
C#                 G# 
From the birth to the death  C# G# C# G#

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Chord set

G# · C#

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.