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.

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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.

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

Cheers!!


Gerardo Zaragoza
www.myspace.com/remiremi01