Biography:
Mark Lanegan (born November 25, 1964) is an American rock musician and songwriter. Lanegan began his music career in the 1980s, forming the grunge group Screaming Trees with Gary Lee Conner, Van Conner and Mark Pickerel. During his time in the band Lanegan would start a low-key solo career. Besides Screaming Trees, Lanegan also found moderate success and good recognition from his solo projects and also joining, for a time, hard rock band Queens of the Stone Age giving contributions on the critically and commercially successful albums Rated R
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Other songs:
- Beehive
- Blue Blue Sea
- Bombed
- Burning Jacobs Ladder
- Death Trip To Tulsa
- Deaths Head Tattoo
- Drunk On Destruction
- Dry Iced
- Emperor
- First Day Of Winter
- Floor Of The Ocean
- Goodbye To Beauty
- Hit The City
- I Am The Wolf
- Jonas Pap
- Judgement Time
- Like Little Willie John
- Morning Glory Wine
- No Bells On Sunday
- Nocturne
- Old Swan
- One Hundred Days
- Out Of Nowhere
- Sad Lover
- Sister
- Smokestack Magic
- Strange Religion
- The Wild People
- Waltzing In Blue
- When Your Number Isnt Up
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
MARK LANEGAN - EMPEROR
album version - GARGOYLE
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[INTRO]
Gm
Gm D Eb F
e|------------10-11-10-|------------8-10-8-|--------6-8-6-|-----------------|
B|---------------------|-------------------|--------------|-----------------|
G|---------------------|-------------------|-8-8~-8-------|-7-7~-7-7--7-7~--|
D|--12-12~-12----------|--10-10~-10--------|--------------|-----------------|x2
A|---------------------|-------------------|--------------|-----------------|
E|---------------------|-------------------|--------------|-----------------|
[VERSE ONE]
Gm D Eb F
I woke in fright, no love no one to save me
Gm D Eb F
Night after night so lonely lonely baby
Gm D Eb F
Why can't I get right all these demons to enslave me
Gm D
Who is left to fight?
[CHORUS]
Eb F Gm
Ohh ohh ohh just the emperor
D Eb F Gm
Aahh aahh ahh ohh ohh ohh just the emperor
D Eb F Gm D
Aahh aahh ahh ahh ahh ahh just the emperor
Eb F
Ohh ohh ohh ohh
[VERSE TWO]
Gm D Eb F
On the water still my boat violently shaking
Gm D Eb F
I need another pill another bitter pill to wake me
Gm D Eb F
Upon the window sill the cat silently quaking
Gm D
Who is left to kill?
[CHORUS]
Eb F Gm
Ohh ohh ohh just the emperor
D Eb F Gm
Aahh aahh ahh ohh ohh ohh just the emperor
D Eb F Gm D
Aahh aahh ahh ahh ahh ahh just the emperor
Eb F
Ohh ohh ohh ohh
[INSTRUMENTAL]
Gm D Eb F
e|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
b|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
g|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
d|------10br-8-10b---|-----------------|-----8--/13-12---|-10--8-7--8-7----|
a|-------------------|-9-------------9-|-10--------------|-----------------|
e|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Gm D Eb F
e|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|---------------|
b|-----13br-11-13b---|-----------------|-------------------|---------------|
g|-------------------|-11-----------11-|-12----------------|---------------|
d|-------------------|-----------------|----13-13--13--13/-|-15--------12b-|
a|-10----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----15-15-----|
e|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|---------------|
Gm D Eb F Gm
e|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|------------|-----|
b|-----13br-11-13b---|-----------------|----11--16br---|-13br-------|-----|
g|-------------------|-11~----------11-|-12------------|-------14br-|-12--|
d|-12----------------|-----------------|---------------|------------|-----|
a|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|------------|-----|
e|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|------------|-----|
[VERSE THREE]
Gm D Eb F
The battlefield is crossed, the flag and castle falling
Gm D Eb F
Is the army lost, command no longer calling
Gm D Eb F
Into an early frost a few survivors crawling
Gm D
Who could know the cost?
[CHORUS]
Eb F Gm
Ohh ohh ohh just the emperor
D Eb F Gm
Aahh aahh ahh ohh ohh ohh just the emperor
D Eb F Gm
Aahh aahh ahh ohh ohh ohh just the emperor
D Eb F Gm D
Ohh ohh ohh ohh ahh ahh ahh ahh just the emperor
Eb F Gm
Ohh ohh ohh ohh
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| ~ Vibrato
| b Bend
| br Bend and Return
| / Slide Up
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album version - GARGOYLE
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____________________________
[INTRO]
Gm
Gm D Eb F
e|------------10-11-10-|------------8-10-8-|--------6-8-6-|-----------------|
B|---------------------|-------------------|--------------|-----------------|
G|---------------------|-------------------|-8-8~-8-------|-7-7~-7-7--7-7~--|
D|--12-12~-12----------|--10-10~-10--------|--------------|-----------------|x2
A|---------------------|-------------------|--------------|-----------------|
E|---------------------|-------------------|--------------|-----------------|
[VERSE ONE]
Gm D Eb F
I woke in fright, no love no one to save me
Gm D Eb F
Night after night so lonely lonely baby
Gm D Eb F
Why can't I get right all these demons to enslave me
Gm D
Who is left to fight?
[CHORUS]
Eb F Gm
Ohh ohh ohh just the emperor
D Eb F Gm
Aahh aahh ahh ohh ohh ohh just the emperor
D Eb F Gm D
Aahh aahh ahh ahh ahh ahh just the emperor
Eb F
Ohh ohh ohh ohh
[VERSE TWO]
Gm D Eb F
On the water still my boat violently shaking
Gm D Eb F
I need another pill another bitter pill to wake me
Gm D Eb F
Upon the window sill the cat silently quaking
Gm D
Who is left to kill?
[CHORUS]
Eb F Gm
Ohh ohh ohh just the emperor
D Eb F Gm
Aahh aahh ahh ohh ohh ohh just the emperor
D Eb F Gm D
Aahh aahh ahh ahh ahh ahh just the emperor
Eb F
Ohh ohh ohh ohh
[INSTRUMENTAL]
Gm D Eb F
e|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
b|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
g|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
d|------10br-8-10b---|-----------------|-----8--/13-12---|-10--8-7--8-7----|
a|-------------------|-9-------------9-|-10--------------|-----------------|
e|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Gm D Eb F
e|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|---------------|
b|-----13br-11-13b---|-----------------|-------------------|---------------|
g|-------------------|-11-----------11-|-12----------------|---------------|
d|-------------------|-----------------|----13-13--13--13/-|-15--------12b-|
a|-10----------------|-----------------|-------------------|-----15-15-----|
e|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------|---------------|
Gm D Eb F Gm
e|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|------------|-----|
b|-----13br-11-13b---|-----------------|----11--16br---|-13br-------|-----|
g|-------------------|-11~----------11-|-12------------|-------14br-|-12--|
d|-12----------------|-----------------|---------------|------------|-----|
a|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|------------|-----|
e|-------------------|-----------------|---------------|------------|-----|
[VERSE THREE]
Gm D Eb F
The battlefield is crossed, the flag and castle falling
Gm D Eb F
Is the army lost, command no longer calling
Gm D Eb F
Into an early frost a few survivors crawling
Gm D
Who could know the cost?
[CHORUS]
Eb F Gm
Ohh ohh ohh just the emperor
D Eb F Gm
Aahh aahh ahh ohh ohh ohh just the emperor
D Eb F Gm
Aahh aahh ahh ohh ohh ohh just the emperor
D Eb F Gm D
Ohh ohh ohh ohh ahh ahh ahh ahh just the emperor
Eb F Gm
Ohh ohh ohh ohh
_______________________
| ~ Vibrato
| b Bend
| br Bend and Return
| / Slide Up
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