Verse 1:
D
Like a city overthrown
Gbm
We're turning buildings into stone
E
We leave the bodies to the crows
Bm
On a funeral of fire
D
Now we're choking on the fumes
Gbm
Spread the lie and kill the truth
E
They're in the ashes of the proof
Bm
We watch the flames rise higher
Chorus:
D
Our empire
Gbm
Is on fire
E
Our empire
Bm
Is on fire
D Gbm E Bm
Our empire's on fire
D Gbm E Bm D
Our empire is on fire
Verse 2:
D
Now we're falling through the ice
Gbm
We made our bed and rolled the dice
E
Well every gamble has a price
Bm
We watched the cracks grow wider
D
Waves are climbing past your knees
Gbm
It's just the coming of the seas
E
It's getting harder now to breathe
Bm
We watched the tides rise higher
Chorus:
D
Our empire
Gbm
Is on fire
E
Our empire
Bm
Is on fire
D Gbm E Bm
Our empire's on fire
D Gbm E Bm
Our empire is on fire
Bridge:
D
I said I know you know we feel it in our bones
Gbm
I said I know you know we feel it in our bones
E
I said I know you know we feel it in our bones
Bm
I said I know, woah oh oh!
Interlude: D Gbm E Bm
Chorus:
D
Our empire
Gbm
Is on fire
E
Our
Bm
Is on fire
D Gbm E Bm
Our empire's on fire
D Gbm E Bm D
Our empire is on fire
Transpose to -2 and use D instead of D7
The lyrics are wrong at the end of verse one. It’s “But she had to die trying to achieve that one little promise she was gonna keep.”
Strumming pattern?
If it’s hard to do a transition between d g and a do g like this do a Bm then put your middle finger on the e string on the third threat