Empires Chords
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The second single from Elbow's forthcoming album 'Giants of All Sizes'. Sounds quite nice on my ukulele though I'm not sure about the F#m part. Have fun. :).Was this info helpful?
| Difficulty: | beginner |
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| Tuning: | E A D G B E |
| Key: | C |
| Capo: | no capo |
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[Intro]
Dm/A G7 Fmaj7 E5
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|----6------------|----6------------|----5------------|----5------------|
G|--7--------------|--7--------------|--5--------------|--4--------------|
D|-7---------------|-5---------------|-3---------------|-2---------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
[Verse 1]
Dm G7
Baby
Fmaj7 E
Empires crumble all the time
Dm G7
Pay it no mind
Fmaj7 E
You just happened to witness mine
Dm G7 Fmaj7 E
Don't let all the light fall from your eyes
Dm G7
Come come
Fmaj7 E
Empires crumble all the time
[Chorus]
A F G
How can a dismally typical Tuesday
D F G
Delivering blues with lead in its canopy
A F G
Scruff me pin me and let's make a man of me
D F G
Turn up the pounding of the hearts all around
A F G
And I'm bound to get busy with checking on the living
D F G
And I'll wring out their hands and my eyes with the sobbing
A
But how can a bland unremarkable typical Tuesday be Day of the Dead?
[Verse 2]
Dm G7
Baby
Fmaj7 E
Empires crumble all the time
Dm G7
Pay it no mind
Fmaj7 E
You just happened to witness mine
Dm G7 Fmaj7 E
Don't let all the light fall from your eyes
Dm G7
Come come
Fmaj7 E
Empires crumble all the time
[Chorus]
A F G
How can a dismally typical Tuesday
D F G
Delivering blues with lead in its canopy
A F G
Scruff me pin me and let's make a man of me
D F G
Turn up the pounding of the hearts all around
A F G
And I'm bound to get busy with checking on the living
D F G
And I'll wring out their hands and my eyes with the sobbing
A
But how can a bland unremarkable typical Tuesday be Day of the Dead?
Dm G7
Baby
Fmaj7 E
Empires crumble all the time
Dm G Fmaj7 E
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4 comments
Hi, this is pretty close. I'd suggest the following amendmens...
G beomes G7, and C becomes C6. Might seem minor changes but as they're played as arpeggios they make a big difference. Cheers.
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It's not C in the verse, but F or Fmaj7. Thanks indeed.
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Pretty good. First chords could be Dm/G7/Fmaj7/Em, but better 3 note chords are made from the arpeggio notes i.e. Dm from the notes ADF, G7 from GDF, Fmaj7 from FCE, and an E from EBE. Cheers.NK
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