The Empress written by Brett Anderson

Main riff:
     Dm (xx0231@1)               AmE-------------5-----5--------------------| (x02210@1)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 (xx0231@1)     AmDidn't (x02210@1)I try to love her?
Dm (xx0231@1)     AmDidn't (x02210@1)I paint pictures of her?
Gm (355333@1)     Dm (xx0231@1)   CDidn't (x32010@1)I try to change?
Gm (355333@1)        DmI (xx0231@1)shouldn't have bothered...

Dm (xx0231@1)     AmDidn't (x02210@1)I buy the ocean for her?
Dm (xx0231@1)     AmDidn't (x02210@1)I wear the colour?
Gm (355333@1)     Dm (xx0231@1)   CDidn't (x32010@1)I feel the wind?
Gm (355333@1)     DmDidn't (xx0231@1)I bleed?

A# (x1333x@1)    Dm (xx0231@1)       CShe (x32010@1)is strange and sorrow.
A# (x1333x@1)    Dm (xx0231@1)       CShe (x32010@1)is like cherry blossom.
Gm (355333@1) A# (x1333x@1)      (Dm)
She is The Empress.

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Dm (xx0231@1)     AmDidn't (x02210@1)I kneel before her?
Dm (xx0231@1)     AmDidn't (x02210@1)I follow her orders?
Gm (355333@1)     Dm (xx0231@1)     CDidn't (x32010@1)I clean her shit?
Gm (355333@1)      DmDidn't (xx0231@1)I fall?

Dm (xx0231@1)     AmDidn't (x02210@1)I climb the ladder?
Dm (xx0231@1)     AmDidn't (x02210@1)I smile for the cameras?
Gm (355333@1)     Dm (xx0231@1)     CDidn't (x32010@1)I feel the wind?
Gm (355333@1)      DmDidn't (xx0231@1)I bleed?

A# (x1333x@1)    Dm (xx0231@1)       CShe (x32010@1)is strange and sorrow.
A# (x1333x@1)    Dm (xx0231@1)       CShe (x32010@1)is like cherry blossom.
Gm (355333@1) A# (x1333x@1)      (Dm)
She is The Empress.

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A# (x1333x@1)    Dm (xx0231@1)       CShe (x32010@1)is strange and sorrow,
A# (x1333x@1)    Dm (xx0231@1)       CWith (x32010@1)lips like cherry blossom.
Gm (355333@1) A# (x1333x@1)      (Dm)
She is The Empress.

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

Cheers!!


Gerardo Zaragoza
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