Fake Empire

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  • Tuning: Standard
     
    4 against 3 polyrhythm
  • ||-----------------------||-----------------------||
    4-beat rhythm ||X| | |X| | |X| | |X| | ||X| | |X| | |X| | |X| | || (treble)
    ||-----------------------||-----------------------||
  • 3-beat rhythm ||X| | | |X| | | |X| | | ||X| | | |X| | | |X| | | || (bass)
    ||-----------------------||-----------------------||
     
  • All chords are played with one iteration of this rhythm. To sound like the studio
    recording you can omit the first treble note in the 4-beat rhythm.
     
  • Tab:
    I have tabbed two guitar parts as per reference 1
     
  • I II III (Roman numerals indicate
    (Intro / Verse) (Chorus) (Bridge) the chord pattern. Used
    e|----------------|----------------|----------------| in lyrics/song
  • G1 B|---5--5--5--5---|---5--5--3--3---|---1--1--0--0---| structure below)
    & G|---5--5--5--5---|---5--5--4--4---|---2--2--0--0---|
    G2 D|------3---------|------3---------|----------------|
  • A|---3------------|---0------------|------0---------|
    E|---------3--3---|---------3--3---|---1-----3--3---|
    C F G G Am F G G F Am G G (used root to write the
  • timing with the lyrics)
     
    IV V VI
  • (Bridge2) (Bridge3) (Jam/Horns)
    e|---12-10-8--7---|---8--12-7--7---|----------------|
    B|---13-12-10-8---|---10-10-8--8---|----------------|
  • G1 G|----------------|----------------|----------------|
    D|---10----7--9---|------7--5--5---|----------------|
    A|------10--------|---8------------|--/3------------|
  • E|----------------|----------------|----------------|
     
    e|----------------|---------3--3---|----------------|
  • B|---17-15-13-12--|---1--1--3--3---|----------------|
    G2 G|---17-16-14-12--|---2--2--0--0---|----------------|
    D|----------------|---3--2--0--0---|----------------|
  • A|---17----12-----|------0--2--2---|----------------|
    E|------15----10--|---1-----3--3---|--/8------------|
    (light distortion and strumming)
  •  
    Lyrics:
    Using progression from reference 1 and 2. Listen to the song for your the
  • arrangement you prefer.
     
    Intro: I x 2
  • Verse: I x 2
     
    C F
  • Stay out super late tonight
    G G
    Picking apples, making pies
  • C F G G
    Put a little something in our lemonade and take it with us
     
  • Chorus: II x 2
    Am F G G
    We're half awake in a fake empire
  • Am F G G
    We're half awake in a fake empire
     
  • Verse: I x 2
    C F
    Tiptoe through our shiny city
  • G G
    With our diamond slippers on
    C F G G
  • Do our gay ballet on ice, bluebirds on our shoulders
     
    Chorus: II x 2
  • Am F G G
    We're half awake in a fake empire
    Am F G G
  • We're half awake in a fake empire
     
    Bridge: III x 2, IV x 2
  •  
    Verse: I x 3
    C F
  • Turn the light, out say goodnight
    G G
    No thinking for a little while
  • C F G G
    Let's not try to figure out everything at once
    C F G G
  • It's hard to keep track of you falling through the sky
     
    Chorus: II x 2
  • Am F G G
    We're half awake in a fake empire
    Am F G G
  • We're half awake in a fake empire
     
    Bridge/End: III x 1, V x 1, VI until end fade out / horn solo (one guitar can do
  • G2 VI or III, or any combination you wish)
     
    I II IV
  • (Intro / Verse) (Chorus) (Bridge)
    e|---0--0--0--0---|---0--0---------|----------------|
    G1 B|---1--1--1--1---|---1--1--3--3---|---1--1--0--0---|
  • & G|----------------|---------4--4---|---2--2--0--0---|
    G2 D|----------------|----------------|----------------|
    A|---3------------|---0------------|------0---------|
  • E|------1--3--3---|------1--3--3---|---1-----3--3---|
    C F G G Am F G G F Am G G
     
  • O O O O O O 2 2 2 2 O O
    2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 O O
    4 1 4 4 O 1 1 1 1 O 3 3
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