Stone Temple Pilots – Big Empty (Guitar Acoustic)

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This is a fairly easy song to play, and fun too. The chords are relatively simple, but I could never play the Em chord correctly until I listened very closely and watched Dean DeLeo play. Enjoy and I hope that you rock to this! The intro solo is played on a slide guitar, but if you have a slide and want to hear it out, it shouldn't be too difficult :D. Here are the chords: Verse: Chorus: Bridge: Em [022030] G [355433] G5 [355xxx] C [x32010] A [577655] F5 [133xxx] C7 [x32310] C [81010988] Asus2 [x02200]

                                    E     [022100]
Quick note: C in the chorus is a barre chord, and Asus2 is an optional chord (if you play F5 in its place it

sounds totally fine actually, maybe even better) Intro: Em C C7 Verse:

Em                   C C7
Driving faster in my car.

Em                        C C7
Falling farther from just what we are.

Em                    C C7
Smoke a cigarette and lie some more,

C7
These conversations kill.

Em                   C C7
Falling faster in my car...

Chorus:

G       A
Time to take her home,

C
Her dizzy head is conscious laden.

G       A              C
Time to take a ride, it leaves today,

C
No conversation.

G
Time to take her home,

C
Her dizzy head is conscious laden.

G       A                 C
Time to wait too long, to wait too long,

C           
To wait too long.

Bridge: G5 F5 Asus2 E Slide Solo: Em C C7 Verse:

Em                          C C7
Too much walking shoes worn thin.

Em                       C      C7
Too much trippin' and my soul's worn thin.

Em                        C C7
Time to catch her ride it leaves today,

C7
Her name is what it means.

Em                          C C7
Too much walking shoes worn thin...

Chorus:

G       A
Time to take her home,

C
Her dizzy head is conscious laden.

G       A              C
Time to take a ride, it leaves today,

C
No conversation.

G       A
Time to take her home,

C
Her dizzy head is conscious laden.

G       A                 C
Time to wait too long, to wait too long,

C
To wait too long.

Bridge: G5 F5 Asus2

E             G5 F5 Asus2 E   
Conversations kill!

E             G5 F5 Asus2 E
Conversations kill!

E             G5 F5 Asus2 E
Conversations kill!

(If you listen you can hear how the chords change) Guitar Solo:

A 
(okay so this was really difficult but I found it out: play an A barre chord arpeggio--if you don't know what

that means all it is, is playing each note of the chord individually--on the low E, A ,D, and G strings, and after playing the G string move your finger one fret up and back down) Chorus:

G       A
Time to take her home,

C
Her dizzy head is conscious laden.

G       A               C
Time to take a ride, it leaves today,

C
No conversation.

G       A
Time to take her home,

C
Her dizzy head is conscious laden.

G       A                 C
Time to wait too long, to wait too long,

C
To wait too long.

Bridge: G5 F5 Asus2

E             G5 F5 Asus2 E
Conversations kill!

E             G5 F5 Asus2 E
Conversations kill!

E             G5 F5 Asus2 E (End on E)
Conversations kill!

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So that's it! I hope you enjoy, this is a great song. My chord variation may sound odd, but I can promise if you play along you'll hear the difference. I always played it differently than this, and wondered why it didn't seem right. I was able to adjust it thankfully. Rock on! RIP Scott Weiland.