Chords for Empire State Of Mind - Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys (Piano Lesson by Matt McCloskey)

So right off the bat, there's a little tricky part at the beginning of the song.
It's a pickup that leads into the first verse
I've broken it down for you made it a lot more simple.
You're gonna hit [F#] this three times
in _ _ _ _ [N]
the verse
Now the right hand for the verses is gonna go like [F#] this _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
With that your left [G] hand is gonna be playing [F#] this _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Now [N] there's also one more part that you're gonna need to learn before you get into the chorus
The lead-in for that is gonna go like this in the right [A#] hand _ _
_ _ _ _ Followed by this note down here
_ [N] Putting the pickup the main part and the lead-in to the chorus together.
This is what you should have for the verses
[F#] That's _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [G] your lead-in to the chorus and that's your verses
Then when you get to the chorus your right hand part is [B] gonna go like this
With _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ that your left hand is gonna be playing this _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ [D#] _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ Then the two parts together you should get something like this _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[G] Then you're back in the verses.
That's the instrumental part of your course
Then Alicia Keys [C#] vocal line from the interlude that leads back into a chorus is gonna go like this _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ [C#] _ _ _
_ [D#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Breaking that down.
[G] Your right hand part is gonna be this
[F#]
With _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ [N] that your left hand is gonna be [B] playing this
Then _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[D#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[A#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] the chorus line [C#] is gonna go like this
_ _ [A#m] _ _
_ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ [C#] _
_ _ _ [G#] _ [A#m] _ _ _
If you [G] remember the bass line that I showed [B] you earlier from the instrumental part of the chorus
That's what you're gonna be playing along with that line together.
The chorus [F#m] line should sound like this
_ [G#m] _ [B] _
_ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ [C#] _ [F#] _ _ [G#m] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D#m] _ [G#m] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ And there you have [N] it Empire State of Mind by Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys
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