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Empire by Queensryche
Empire
First off, there's the intro riff which is also the chorus part:
repeat 4x
E-|-----------------------------------------------------||
B-|-----------------------------------------------------||
G-|-2-2--2-4-2-----2---5-4-----5---7-5-----7---5--4h5-7-||
D-|-2-2--3-3-3-----3---3-3-----3---5-5-----5---5------5-||
A-|-0-0--------0-0---0-----0-0---0-----0-0---0----------||
E-|-----------------------------------------------------||
After you go through that twice, however, there is this little bit of lead
that kinda copies the vocal line of the chorus:
E-|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
B-|-9b10r9---------------------------|-10--10----10-12--12-10-12-13--13-12-13-|
G-|--------9-10---10-b12r10--9h10----|--------12------------------------------|
D-|-------------------------------12-|----------------------------------------|
A-|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
E-|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
E-|------------------------|
B-|-12b15r12-12h13-10~~~~~~|
G-|------------------------|
D-|------------------------|
A-|------------------------|(rhythm guitar ends on A5)
E-|------------------------|
The A5 is sustained throughout the verses with a few changes like so:
A5
Last night the word came down
(A5) G5 C5 A5
Ten dead in Chinatown
(A5)
Innocent, their only crime
B5 slide to C5 A5
Was bein' in the wrong place at the wrong time
(A5)
"Too bad", people say,
(A5) G5 C5 A5
"What's wrong with the kids today?"
(A5)
I'll tell you right now they got nothin' to lose
G5 F5 A5
They're building EMPIRE.
Then this little lead bit: B-|--8b10-(10)-(10)--| (sustained indefinitely)
While the rhythm (once again) stays on A5. Do the whole verse bit
over again for the second verse.
Here's the pre-chorus with some lyrics below to help you keep up (repeat
the first section twice, then do the last bit right before the chorus):
E-|--------------------------------------------------------------||-------|
B-|-6---6-6-3--3-3--8--8-8-6--6-6--6--6-6-3--3-3-----------------||-------|
G-|-5---5-5-2--2-2--7--7-7-5--5-5--5--5-5-2--2-2---5--5-5-5--5-5-||-------|
D-|-0---0-0-0--0-0--0--0-0-0--0-0--0--0-0-0--0-0---5--5-5-5--5-5-||-3/5-5-|
A-|------------------------------------------------3--3-3-3--3-3-||-3/5-5-|
E-|--------------------------------------------------------------||-1/3-3-|
East side_________ Meets West side___ downtown_____.
No time_________ the walls_fall____ down_____.
After the second chorus, play this right before the bridge (the
"bridge" is what I call the part where that guy does the commentary on
law enforcement):
E-|-----------------------||
B-|-----------------------||
G-|-5-----5-----5-/7~~~~~-||
D-|-5--5--5--5--5-/7~~~~~-||
A-|-3--5--3--5--3-/5~~~~~-||
E-|----3-----3------------||
Then play this part clean (actually with chorus and slight delay...
but what the hell) during the commentary:
E-|-0---------------------------3-------------------||
B-|-3----3--3h5--3----5-6-5-3---3---5----5-6--5h6p5-||
G-|-2----3-------2----5-5-5-2---0---5----5-5--5-----||
D-|-0-----------------------------------------------||(repeat 4x)
A-|-------------------------------------------------||
E-|-------------------------------------------------||
(When the commentary gets to "By way of comparison..." a second guitar
should start chunging out an open D string with distortion and palm
muting.)
Then there's the solo and the chorus a few times until the end. There's
also a bit of lead stuff (guitar harmonization between Chris and Michael)
over the last couple of choruses; really nifty lead work...
The lyrics to the second verse are:
"Black man trapped again,
Holds his chains in his hand.
Brother killing brother for the profit of another.
Game point...nobody wins.
Decline right on time.
What happened to the dream sublime?
Tear it down we'll put it up again.
Another EMPIRE!"
Last night the word came down, ten dead in Chinatown.
Innocent, their only crime was being in the wrong place, at the wrong time
Too bad, people say what's wrong with the kids today
I tell you right now they've got nothing to lose
They're building EMPIRE!
Johnny used to work after school
at the cinema show.
Gotta hustle if he wants an education
Yeah he's got a long way to go.
Now he's out on the streets all day
selling Crack to the people who pay.
Got an AK-47 for his best friend
business the American way.
Eastside meets Westside downtown.
No time, the walls fall down
Can't you feel it coming? EMPIRE! Can't you hear it calling?
Black man, trapped again. Holds his chain in his hand.
Brother killing brother for the profit of another,
Game point, nobody wins. Declines, right on time.
What happened to the dream sublime?
Tear it all down, we'll put it up again. Another EMPIRE?
Eastside meets Westside downtown.
No time, no line, the walls fall down.
Can't you feel it coming? EMPIRE!
Can't you hear it coming EMPIRE!
Can't someone here stop it...??!!
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version 2
I would like to say I did use "parts of version 2" and the Solo version to make this,
the other parts I did figure out to the best of my ability...such as the outro guitar 2,
the very last 3 bars of the song im not so positive about...
Q=81 (I think)
Tunning: STANDARD
Intro 4/4
|---------------------------------|----------------------||x2
|o--------------------------------|---------------------o||
|--2-2--2-4-2-----2---5-4-----5---|-7-5-----7---5--4h5-7-||
|--2-2--3-3-3-----3---3-3-----3---|-5-5-----5---5--5---5-||
|o-0-0--------0-0---0-----0-0---0-|-----0-0---0---------o||
|---------------------------------|----------------------||
Intro x2
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-9b10r9---------------------------|-10--10-8--10-12--12-10-12-13--13-12-13-|
|--------9-10---10-b12r10--9h10----|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------12-|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
_____________
Verse $ | 1 **
|-------------------||--fdbk--|-------|------------|---|-------|----|-3-----|------|-fdbk--||
|-13b15r13-12-12h13-||o(10)~~~|-------|------------|---|-------|----|-3-----|-8b10-|-(10)-o||
|-------------------||--------|-------|------------|---|-------|----|-4-----|------|-------||
|-------------------||--------|-----5-|------------|---|-----5-|----|-5--3--|------|-------||
|-------------------||o(7)----|--5--3-|-7----------|-7-|--5--3-|-7--|-5--3--|-7----|-(7)--o||
|-------------------||-(5)----|--3----|-5--7-(7)h8-|-5-|--3----|-5--|-3--1--|-5----|-(5)---||
*=Fdbk from 2nd time, and parenthesis 2nd time
**=Only on 1st & Verse
Pre-Chorus
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|-------||
|-6---6-6-3--3-3--8--8-8-6--6-6-|-6--6-6-3--3-3---------------|-------||
|-5---5-5-2--2-2--7--7-7-5--5-5-|-5--5-5-2--2-2---5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------||
|-0---0-0-0--0-0--0--0-0-0--0-0-|-0--0-0-0--0-0---5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3/5-5-||
|-------------------------------|-----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3/5-5-||
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|-1/3-3-||
Play Intro x1(2nd time play Intro 3 times then go to Interlude(fill))
2/4
|--------------------------------|----------------||
|--------------------------------|----------------|| D.S
|-2-2--2-4-2-----2---5-4-----5---|-7-5-----5-7----|| Al
|-2-2--3-3-3-----3---3-3-----3---|-5-5-----5-5--5-|| Coda
|-0-0--------0-0---0-----0-0---0-|-----0-0------3-|| ($)
|--------------------------------|----------------||
Interlude(fill) Interlude ***
|--------------------|---||--0-----------------------|-----3--------------------||x4
|--------------------|---||o-3----3--3h5--3----5-6-5-|-3---3---5----5-6--5h6p5-o||
|-5-----5-----5-/7~~~|~~-||--2----3-------2----5-5-5-|-2---0---5----5-5--5------||
|-5--5--5--5--5-/7~~~|~~-||--0----0-------0----0-0-0-|-0-------0----0-0--0------||
|-3--5--3--5--3-/5~~~|~~-||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|----3-----3---------|---||--------------------------|--------------------------||
***=4th time, guitar 2 hits open D string in 8th notes while fading in
Guitar Solo
|-----------------20~-20-17-20b22-22-20p17----17----------------------------|
|-20b22~-22b20-17--------------------------20----20-17-20-17----17----------|
|------------------------------------------------------------19----19-17----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------19-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------17-------------------17h18p17----17-------------------------------------|
|---17----17-19b21-19p17h19----------19----19-17-19-17-16-17-16----16----------|
|19-------------------------------------------------------------19----19-17-19-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------18-17-15b17-r15p13-15-|
|-19-17-15-19-17-15-19-17-15-19-17-15-19-17-15-19----------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------15-16-15-18b20 20r18p15-18-18p15-18-15-|
|-12s10-10-10s9-9-9s7-7-7s9-9-9s10-20-19-19-17-15-17-17----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-18b20-18p15----15-------------------|--------------||
|-------------18----18-16-15----15h16-|-16-15-16b18~-||
|----------------------------17-------|--------------||
|-------------------------------------|--------------||
|-------------------------------------|--------------||
|-------------------------------------|--------------||
Outro-Chorus
|---------------------------------|----------------------||x2
|o--------------------------------|---------------------o||
|--2-2--2-4-2-----2---5-4-----5---|-7-5-----7---5--4h5-7-||
|--2-2--3-3-3-----3---3-3-----3---|-5-5-----5---5--5---5-||
|o-0-0--------0-0---0-----0-0---0-|-----0-0---0---------o||
|---------------------------------|----------------------||
|
|(2nd time)
|---------------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------7--8---|
|---------------------------------|-----------6--7---------|
|---------------------------------|--9--7--9---------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|
4/4
2/2
|----------------------------------------|------------------------|
|o---------------------------------------|-----------------------o|
|---2--2--2--4--2------2---5--4------5---|-7----5---------5-----7-|
|---2--2--3--3--3------3---3--3------3---|-5----5---------5-----5-|
|o--0--0----------0--0---0------0--0---0-|--------0---0----------o|
|----------------------------------------|------------------------|
|
|----------------------------------------|------------------------|
|o-10--10-8-10-12--12-10-12-13--13-12-13-|-13b15-r13-12-12h13-10-o|
|----------------------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|------------------------|
|o---------------------------------------|-----------------------o|
|----------------------------------------|------------------------|
4/4
2/2
|---------------------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------|
|--2--2--2--4--2------2---5--4------5---|-7----5---------5---7-|
|--2--2--3--3--3------3---3--3------3---|-5----5---------5---5-|
|--0--0----------0--0---0------0--0---0-|--------0---0---------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------|
|
|(Harmony [pitch shifter])
|--8---8-7--8-10--10--8-10-12--12-10-12-|-13----------12-10-12-|
|-10--10-8-10-12--12-10-12-13--13-12-13-|-15----------13-12-13-|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------|
4/4
2/2
|----------------------------------------|--------------------|---------*|
|o---------------------------------------|--------------------|---------*|
|---2--2--2--4--2------2---5--4------5---|-7---5---------5--7-|---------*|
|---2--2--3--3--3------3---3--3------3---|-5---5---------5--5-|---------*|
|o--0--0----------0--0---0------0--0---0-|-------0---0--------|-7-------*|
|----------------------------------------|--------------------|-5-------*|
|
|-15--15-13-15-17--17-15-17-19--19-17-19-|-20b22-r20-19-19h20-|-17\-----*|
|-17--17-15-17-18--18-17-18-20--20-18-20-|-20b22-r20-19-19h20-|-22\-----*|
|----------------------------------------|--------------------|---------*|
|----------------------------------------|--------------------|---------*|
|----------------------------------------|--------------------|---------*|
|----------------------------------------|--------------------|---------*|
Last night the word came down, ten dead in Chinatown.
Innocent, their only crime was being in the wrong place, at the wrong time
Too bad, people say what's wrong with the kids today
I tell you right now they've got nothing to lose
They're building EMPIRE!
Johnny used to work after school
at the cinema show.
Gotta hustle if he wants an education
Yeah he's got a long way to go.
Now he's out on the streets all day
selling Crack to the people who pay.
Got an AK-47 for his best friend
business the American way.
Eastside meets Westside downtown.
No time, the walls fall down
Can't you feel it coming? EMPIRE! Can't you hear it calling?
Black man, trapped again. Holds his chain in his hand.
Brother killing brother for the profit of another,
Game point, nobody wins. Declines, right on time.
What happened to the dream sublime?
Tear it all down, we'll put it up again. Another EMPIRE?
Eastside meets Westside downtown.
No time, no line, the walls fall down.
Can't you feel it coming? EMPIRE!
Can't you hear it coming EMPIRE!
Can't someone here stop it...??!!
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version 3
This is preceded by the rant on government spending. Listen to the song for timing.
solo
e|-------------20~-20-17-20s22-22-20p17----17----------------------------|
B|22~-22s20-17--------------------------20----20-17-20-17----17----------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------19----19-17----|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------19-|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------17-------------------17h18p17----17-------------------------------|
G|---17----17-19s21-19p17h19----------19----19-17-19-17-16-17-16----16----|
D|19-------------------------------------------------------------19----19-|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------18-17-17-------------|
G|------19-17-15-19-17-15-19-17-15-19-17-15-19-17-15----------19-17-19-12-|
D|17-19-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------15-16-15-20-20s18-15-18s20-16-15--|
G|10-10-9-9-7s9-10-20-19-19-17-15-17-17-----------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|20-18p15----15--------------------------|
B|---------18----18-16-15----15-16-15-18~-|
G|------------------------17--------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
Last night the word came down, ten dead in Chinatown.
Innocent, their only crime was being in the wrong place, at the wrong time
Too bad, people say what's wrong with the kids today
I tell you right now they've got nothing to lose
They're building EMPIRE!
Johnny used to work after school
at the cinema show.
Gotta hustle if he wants an education
Yeah he's got a long way to go.
Now he's out on the streets all day
selling Crack to the people who pay.
Got an AK-47 for his best friend
business the American way.
Eastside meets Westside downtown.
No time, the walls fall down
Can't you feel it coming? EMPIRE! Can't you hear it calling?
Black man, trapped again. Holds his chain in his hand.
Brother killing brother for the profit of another,
Game point, nobody wins. Declines, right on time.
What happened to the dream sublime?
Tear it all down, we'll put it up again. Another EMPIRE?
Eastside meets Westside downtown.
No time, no line, the walls fall down.
Can't you feel it coming? EMPIRE!
Can't you hear it coming EMPIRE!
Can't someone here stop it...??!!
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