The Empress Tabs & Lyrics by Brett Anderson

The Empress

guitar tabs lyrics

Brett Anderson

The Empress written by Brett Anderson

Main riff:
Dm Am
E-------------5-----5--------------------|
B---------6-8---8-6----(5)--5-6-5--------|
G-------7-------------------------5---5*-|
D-----------------------------------7----| (x2)
A----5-----------------------------------|

E-----------------------5----------------|
* this note isn�t played in the second time

Dm Am
Didn�t I try to love her?
Dm Am
Didn�t I paint pictures of her?
Gm Dm C
Didn�t I try to change?
Gm Dm
I shouldn�t have bothered...

Dm Am
Didn�t I buy the ocean for her?
Dm Am
Didn�t I wear the colour?
Gm Dm C
Didn�t I feel the wind?
Gm Dm
Didn�t I bleed?

A# Dm C
She is strange and sorrow.
A# Dm C
She is like cherry blossom.
Gm A# (Dm)
She is The Empress.

-Main riff-

Dm Am
Didn�t I kneel before her?
Dm Am
Didn�t I follow her orders?
Gm Dm C
Didn�t I clean her shit?
Gm Dm
Didn�t I fall?

Dm Am
Didn�t I climb the ladder?
Dm Am
Didn�t I smile for the cameras?
Gm Dm C
Didn�t I feel the wind?
Gm Dm
Didn�t I bleed?

A# Dm C
She is strange and sorrow.
A# Dm C
She is like cherry blossom.
Gm A# (Dm)
She is The Empress.

-Main riff-

A# Dm C
She is strange and sorrow,
A# Dm C
With lips like cherry blossom.
Gm A# (Dm)
She is The Empress.

-Main riff-



NB: Last main riff got a slight variation but I'm too lazy to tab it :/

Cheers!!


Gerardo Zaragoza
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