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. -Main riff- 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. -Main riff- NB: Last main riff got a slight variation but I'm too lazy to tab it :/ Cheers!! Gerardo Zaragoza www.myspace.com/remiremi01