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It's Hard To Be The Emperor

It's Hard To Be The Emperor easy guitar chords by Stephin Merritt

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 1

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo
  • D

  • A

  • E

  • F#m

    2
  • G

  • Em

  • Ebdim

  • Gdim

    5
  • F#

    2
  • B

    2
  • C#

    4
  • Fm

  • D

  • A

  • E

  • F#m

    2
  • G

  • Em

  • Ebdim

  • Gdim

    5
  • F#

    2
  • B

    2
  • C#

    4
  • Fm

  • Verse 1
    D
    A
    D
    A
    D
    A
    D

    It's hard to be emperor
    E
    F#m
    A

    And when it's hard, it's hard
    D
    A
    G
    D

    I'm scarred by being emperor
    Em
    F#m
    G
    D

    No ball, no friends, no yard
    Ebdim
    Em
    F#m
    Em
    A
    My pre de cessor hanged
    Verse 2

    himself
    Em
    Gdim
    F#
    A

    And I might do that too
    Em
    F#
    F#m
    B

    The entertainment's awful here
    C#
    B
    E

    And, oh, the plays they do
    B
    A
    E
    It's dull to be the emperor It's
    Verse 3

    A
    E
    B
    E

    deadly dull, in fact
    B
    A
    E

    Of all the actors in the court
    A
    E
    C#
    F#m

    Not one of them can act
    A
    An early death seems
    Verse 4
    B

    probable
    F#m
    A
    B

    Perhaps it's just as well
    F#m
    A
    E
    Fm
    C#

    With drama in this dreadful state
    B
    F#

    My life's a living hell, my life's a living hell

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