Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
C minorCm
Empire
C minorCm
Empire
C minorCm
Empire
C minorCm
Empire
Pre-Verse:
C minorCm Eb MajorEb C minorCm AbAb x2
C minorCm Eb MajorEb C minorCm AbAb x2
Verse 1:
C minorCm
Feeling like today is the day, you better make a move
C minorCm
Up and out in the?fray,?you better execute
C minorCm
Through?the city decay, the people watching?you
C minorCm
Get the fuck out the way 'cause they could get it too
C minorCm
Lord as your witness, you just don't need no forgiveness
C minorCm
Don't know who is next on your hit list, you just handled your business
C minorCm
Your suicidal essay, a bloody tidal wave
C minorCm
Don't give a fuck if they hate you, you're the god that they pray to
Chorus:
Eb MajorEb
Heavy is the head that wears the crown of thorns
C minorCm
My empire, my empire
Eb MajorEb
Heavy is the head that wears the crown of thorns
C minorCm AbAb
My empire, my empire
Pre-Verse:
C minorCm Eb MajorEb C minorCm AbAb x2
Verse 2:
C minorCm
I'm all alone with my solitary violence
C minorCm
God, I want to sleep, but I can't close my eyelids
C minorCm
Back to the streets 'cause we know all the right kids
C minorCm
Built this fucking city on the backs of the white bricks
C minorCm
So fucking cold
C minorCm
Another death sentence and another soul sold
C minorCm
It's all I know
C minorCm
I'm gonna die fast, bitch, you can die slow
C minorCm
I'm a dead man, a fucking dead man walking
C minorCm
I blew my head off, but he kept on talking
C minorCm
I saw myself die and I kept on watching
C minorCm
Went straight to Heaven, but I kept on knocking
(Kept on knocking)
Chorus:
Eb MajorEb
Heavy is the head that wears the crown of thorns
C minorCm
My empire, my empire
Eb MajorEb
Heavy is the head that wears the crown of thorns
C minorCm AbAb
My empire, my empire
Eb MajorEb
Lord as your witness, you just don't need no forgiveness
Eb MajorEb
Don't know who is next on your hit list, you just handled your business
C minorCm
My empire, my empire
Eb MajorEb
Your suicidal essay, a bloody tidal wave
Eb MajorEb
Don't give a fuck if they hate you, you're the god that they pray to
C minorCm AbAb
My empire, my empire
Bridge:
N.C.
I'm a storm without a warning
N.C.
The black clouds that are forming
N.C.
I'll turn the river red
N.C.
I am deliverance
C minorCm
I'm a storm without a warning
C minorCm
The black clouds that are forming
C minorCm
I'll turn the river red
C minorCm
I am deliverance
Chorus:
Eb MajorEb
Heavy is the head that wears the crown of thorns
C minorCm
My empire, my empire
Eb MajorEb
Heavy is the head that wears the crown of thorns
C minorCm AbAb
My empire, my empire
C minorCm Eb MajorEb
Lord as your witness, you just don't need no forgiveness
C minorCm AbAb
Don't know who is next on your hit list, you just handled your business
C minorCm Eb MajorEb C minorCm Eb MajorEb
My empire, my empire
C minorCm Eb MajorEb
Your suicidal essay, a bloody tidal wave
C minorCm AbAb
Don't give a fuck if they hate you, you're the god that they pray to
C minorCm Eb MajorEb C minorCm Eb MajorEb
My empire, my empire