Empire Song Chords & Tabs
EMPIRE SONG. Album : Revelations (1982).
You can play it with the DGCFAD tuning(as on NWOBFG live) or standard tuning (same positions)
INTRO / Break. Let ring…
D#---------------------------------|
A#---------------------------------|
F#---------------------------------|
C#-7-----4---5---6-----6-----6-----|
G#---0-0---0---0---0-0---0-0---0-0-|
D#---------------------------------|
MAIN RIFF / VERSES.
The main riff of this song is really hard to figure out, so I wrote this one the two
ways I play it.
Example 1 Let ring.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/k/killing_joke/empire_song_tab.html ]
D#--0-5---0---0---0-----------------|
A#--7-7---5---0---9---9-9---9-9-----|
F#--6-6---6---6---8---8-8---8-8-----|
C#----------------------------------|
G#------0---0---0---0-----0-----0-0-|
D#----------------------------------|
Example 2 Let ring.
D#---------0---0---0------------------|
A#--7------5---0---9---9-9---9-9------|
F#----6----6---6---8---8-8---8-8------|
C#------------------------------------|
G#-------0---0---0---0-----0-----0-0--|
D#------------------------------------|
CHORUS. Let ring until X.
D#----------------------------------------------|
A#-14-14-14--x-------------14-14-14--x----------|
F#-11-11-11--x--0--0--0--x-11-11-11--x--0--x--0-|
C#--0--0--0--x--0--0--0--x--0--0--0--x--0--x--0-|
G#----------------------------------------------|
D#----------------------------------------------|