Once An Empire Chords & Tabs
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RIFF (Guitar):
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INTRO: RIFF X2
VERSE (Bass):
"I Wouldn't want to get fucked by a kangaroo in any position"
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"You've got to block it, block it; its spongy. You're savior's only picking on you"
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CHORUS (Guitar):
"you've got you're foot halfway up your dick"
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"I bet you ten pounds it wouldn't fit"
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"I was wrong so you must be rich, the poor"
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/biffy_clyro/once_an_empire_tab_ver_2.html ]
"girl once an empire, the poor girl once an empire"
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"she lacks in fluid motion, all her circles came is squares"
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"No community, no community"
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"you're one of a kind, one of a kind sister, lets break that spell tonight"
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RIFF x2
VERSE 2:
"I paint my thoughts with a hair brush, jet black its a delicate operation"
(Bass, as Verse 1)
"My mirror, reflects all it sees, coming at the end of my empire"
(Bass, as Verse 1, Guitar: Riff x3 then:)
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CHORUS
BREAK:
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"tonight"
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CHORUS "The poor girl once an empire" to end
OUTRO: RIFF X1