Biography:
American singer-songwriter Dar Williams lives at the intersection of pop and folk. She fuses many genres (blues, rock, jazz), resulting in a rather organic sound. She has been making music for over a decade.
Her studio album My Better Self finds Dar at an unequivocally brazen crossroads. Reflecting on American politics, the disillusionment and apathy of youth, and the female experience, Dar makes no apology for her outspoken beliefs.
Her 2008 album, entitled Promised Land.
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Other songs:
- The Christians And The Pagans
- You're Aging Well
- After All
- Another Mystery
- Are You Out There
- Arrival
- As Cool As I Am
- Blue Light Of The Flame
- Book Of Love
- Bought And Sold
- Buzzer
- Closer To Me
- Crystal Creek
- Echoes
- Empire
- Family
- Farewell To The Old Me
- February
- Fishing In The Morning
- Flinty Kind Of Woman
- Here Tonight
- Holly Tree
- I Am The One Who Will Remember Everything
- I Had No Right
- I Have Been Around The World
- I Have Lost My Dreams
- I Saw A Bird Fly Away
- If I Wrote You
- Iowa
- It Happens Every Day
- Its Alright
- Mercy Of The Fallen
- Miss You Till I Meet You
- Party Generation
- Playing To The Firmament
- So Close To My Heart
- Southern California Wants To Be Western New York
- Spring Street
- Summer Child
- Summerday
- Teen For God
- The Babysitters Here
- The Beauty Of The Rain
- The Blessings
- The Business Of Things
- The Easy Way
- The Light And The Sea
- The Mercy Of The Fallen
- The Ocean
- The One Who Knows
- The Pointless Yet Poignant Crisis Of A Co
- The Tide Falls Away
- The Worlds Not Falling Apart
- This Earth
- Traveling Again Traveling I
- What Do You Hear In These Sounds
- What Do You Love More Than Love
- When I Was A Boy
- Your Fire Your Soul
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Dar Williams - Empire
CAPO: 4th Fret
N.C. Em
Who's afraid of the sun?
Bm
Who would question the goodness of the mighty?
Em
We who banish the threat
Bm
When your little ones all go nighty-nighty
D
Well, there's no time for doubt right now
Em
And less time to explain
D
So get back on your horses
Kiss my ring, join our next campaign
Em
And the empire grows
Bm
With the news that we're winning
Em
With more fear to conquer
Bm
And more gold thread for spinning
Em
Bright as the sun
Bm
Shining on everyone
Em
Some would say that we forced our words
Bm
And we find that ingenuously churlish
Em
Words are just words
Bm
Don't be so pessimistic, weak and girlish
D
We like strong, happy people
Em
Who don't think there's something wrong with pride
D
Work makes them free
And we spread that freedom far and wide
Em
And the empire grows
Bm
Got the seeds of its glory
Em
For every five tanks
Bm
Plant a sentimental story
Em
'Til they worship the sun
Bm
Even Christ-loving ones
Em
And we'll kill the terrorisers
Bm
And a million of their races
Em
But when our people torture you
Bm
That's a few random cases
Em
Don't question the sun
Bm
It doesn't help anyone
Em
But the journalists cried out
G Bm
When it was too late to stop us
Em
Everyone had awakened
G Bm
To the dream they could enter our colossus
D
And now I'm right, here you said I'm right
Em
There's nothing that can harm me
D
'Cause the sun never sets
On my dungeons or my army
Em
And the empire fell
Bm
On it's own splintered axis
Em
And the emperor wanes
Bm
As the silver moon waxes
Em
And the farmers will find old coins
Bm
In their strawberry fields
Em
While somebody somewhere
Bm
Twists his ring as someone kneels
Em
Oh, where is the sun
Bm
Shining for everyone?
Em
Oh, where is the sun
Bm
Shining for everyone?
OUTRO: (## repeat and fade to end ##)
Em Bm Em Bm Em Bm
CAPO: 4th Fret
N.C. Em
Who's afraid of the sun?
Bm
Who would question the goodness of the mighty?
Em
We who banish the threat
Bm
When your little ones all go nighty-nighty
D
Well, there's no time for doubt right now
Em
And less time to explain
D
So get back on your horses
Kiss my ring, join our next campaign
Em
And the empire grows
Bm
With the news that we're winning
Em
With more fear to conquer
Bm
And more gold thread for spinning
Em
Bright as the sun
Bm
Shining on everyone
Em
Some would say that we forced our words
Bm
And we find that ingenuously churlish
Em
Words are just words
Bm
Don't be so pessimistic, weak and girlish
D
We like strong, happy people
Em
Who don't think there's something wrong with pride
D
Work makes them free
And we spread that freedom far and wide
Em
And the empire grows
Bm
Got the seeds of its glory
Em
For every five tanks
Bm
Plant a sentimental story
Em
'Til they worship the sun
Bm
Even Christ-loving ones
Em
And we'll kill the terrorisers
Bm
And a million of their races
Em
But when our people torture you
Bm
That's a few random cases
Em
Don't question the sun
Bm
It doesn't help anyone
Em
But the journalists cried out
G Bm
When it was too late to stop us
Em
Everyone had awakened
G Bm
To the dream they could enter our colossus
D
And now I'm right, here you said I'm right
Em
There's nothing that can harm me
D
'Cause the sun never sets
On my dungeons or my army
Em
And the empire fell
Bm
On it's own splintered axis
Em
And the emperor wanes
Bm
As the silver moon waxes
Em
And the farmers will find old coins
Bm
In their strawberry fields
Em
While somebody somewhere
Bm
Twists his ring as someone kneels
Em
Oh, where is the sun
Bm
Shining for everyone?
Em
Oh, where is the sun
Bm
Shining for everyone?
OUTRO: (## repeat and fade to end ##)
Em Bm Em Bm Em Bm
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Darkness
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Darlene Zschech
Darling
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Daughter