Empire 



First off, there's the intro riff which is also the chorus part:

repeat 4x

E-|-----------------------------------------------------||

B-|-----------------------------------------------------||

G-|-2-2--2-4-2-----2---5-4-----5---7-5-----7---5--4h5-7-||

D-|-2-2--3-3-3-----3---3-3-----3---5-5-----5---5------5-||

A-|-0-0--------0-0---0-----0-0---0-----0-0---0----------||

E-|-----------------------------------------------------||





After you go through that twice, however, there is this little bit of lead

that kinda copies the vocal line of the chorus:

E-|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|

B-|-9b10r9---------------------------|-10--10----10-12--12-10-12-13--13-12-13-|

G-|--------9-10---10-b12r10--9h10----|--------12------------------------------|

D-|-------------------------------12-|----------------------------------------|

A-|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|

E-|----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|





E-|------------------------|

B-|-12b15r12-12h13-10~~~~~~|

G-|------------------------|

D-|------------------------|

A-|------------------------| 

(rhythm guitar ends on A5)

E-|------------------------|



The A5 is sustained throughout the verses with a few changes like so:



A5

Last night the word came down

 

(A5)                 G5 C5 A5

Ten dead in Chinatown

 

(A5)

Innocent, their only crime

        B5                   slide to C5      A5

Was bein' in the wrong place at the wrong time

 

(A5)

 Too bad , people say,

 

(A5)                            G5 C5 A5

 What's wrong with the kids today? 

 

(A5)

I'll tell you right now they got nothin' to lose

G5               F5      A5

They're building EMPIRE.





Then this little lead bit:  B-|--8b10- 

(10)- 

(10)--|  

(sustained indefinitely)



While the rhythm  

(once again) stays on A5.  Do the whole verse bit

over again for the second verse.



Here's the pre-chorus with some lyrics below to help you keep up  

(repeat

the first section twice, then do the last bit right before the chorus):

E-|--------------------------------------------------------------||-------|

B-|-6---6-6-3--3-3--8--8-8-6--6-6--6--6-6-3--3-3-----------------||-------|

G-|-5---5-5-2--2-2--7--7-7-5--5-5--5--5-5-2--2-2---5--5-5-5--5-5-||-------|

D-|-0---0-0-0--0-0--0--0-0-0--0-0--0--0-0-0--0-0---5--5-5-5--5-5-||-3/5-5-|

A-|------------------------------------------------3--3-3-3--3-3-||-3/5-5-|

E-|--------------------------------------------------------------||-1/3-3-|

   East side_________      Meets   West side___    downtown_____.

   No   time_________        the   walls_fall____  down_____.





After the second chorus, play this right before the bridge  

(the

 bridge  is what I call the part where that guy does the commentary on

law enforcement):

E-|-----------------------||

B-|-----------------------||

G-|-5-----5-----5-/7~~~~~-||

D-|-5--5--5--5--5-/7~~~~~-||

A-|-3--5--3--5--3-/5~~~~~-||

E-|----3-----3------------||



Then play this part clean  

(actually with chorus and slight delay...

but what the hell) during the commentary:

E-|-0---------------------------3-------------------||

B-|-3----3--3h5--3----5-6-5-3---3---5----5-6--5h6p5-||

G-|-2----3-------2----5-5-5-2---0---5----5-5--5-----||

D-|-0-----------------------------------------------|| 

(repeat 4x)

A-|-------------------------------------------------||

E-|-------------------------------------------------||

 

(When the commentary gets to  By way of comparison...  a second guitar

should start chunging out an open D string with distortion and palm

muting.)