Biography:
Emperor X is a pop/noise/folk music project headed by American musician C. R. Matheny. The project often performs and records with little more than Matheny on an acoustic guitar and a dynamic microphone, but sometimes also employs large groups of musicians on percussion instruments, various electronic noisemakers, brass/woodwind/string ensembles, and traditional rock instruments.
The lyrics of Emperor X songs have been described as simultaneously "hallucinatory" and "precise
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SONG NAME - Band Name
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Tuning: Standard
Capo 6
play all chords as power chords
F
We ran aground in the Philippines
C
Interpreting what Henri Bergson means
F
When he said life must be durational
C
That feels a million to one
F
Collapsed in grace on the carpeting
C
Trade missionaries set to bargaining
F
We have no need for tricky marketing
C
We make self evident claims
F G
We say let the product sell themselves
A G
Let the product sell themselves
F G
Let the product sell themselves
C
Like the Minutemen said
F
I start to shake when she stares at me
C
Our currency's almost at parity
F
I'd try to talk but apparently
C
That's not attractively tough
F
We tripped and fell and we formed a team
C
We fixed ourselves with fibrin soldering
F
Wait I was wrong that's called fibin glue
C
We have enough
F G
To get wasted on the senate floor
A G
She said blah blah blah I'm getting bored
F G A
Republican watchman from Virginia wraps his fist in a flag
G
To punch our lights out
F G
We got wasted on the senate floor
A G
Now you're trapped because I've locked the door
F G A
And I've got the thorium 232 and I've got this microphone
G
Listen up Hey
F
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
C
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
F
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
C
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
F
Got bloody eyes but we're feeling good
C
Causing confusion in the neighborhood
F
Nothing protects us like an earmark could
C
From bearing blows
F
The price is only what inflation pulls
C
The rules are strictly informational
F
We showed up late with exxon rave
C
We brought our products in tow
F G
Now we're wasted on the senate floor
A G
We put ecstasy tabs in the water supply
F G
Now we're wasted on the senate floor
A G
Let's see who's gay and who get's lonely
F G
We got wasted on the senate floor
A G
The naval blockade came down with no trade offer
F G
Wasted on the senate floor
A G
And we cast our eye to the stove
F
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
C
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
F
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
C
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
F
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
C
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
F
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
C
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
F G
Wasted on the senate floor (wasted on the senate floor)
A G
Wasted on the senate floor (wasted on the senate floor)
F G
Wasted on the senate floor (wasted on the senate floor)
A G
Wasted on the senate floor (wasted on the senate floor)
F G
Wasted on the senate floor (wasted on the senate floor)
A G
Wasted on the senate floor (wasted on the senate floor)
F G
Wasted on the senate floor (wasted on the senate floor)
A G
Wasted on the senate floor (wasted on the senate floor)
F G
Wasted on the senate floor
SONG NAME - Band Name
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Tuning: Standard
Capo 6
play all chords as power chords
F
We ran aground in the Philippines
C
Interpreting what Henri Bergson means
F
When he said life must be durational
C
That feels a million to one
F
Collapsed in grace on the carpeting
C
Trade missionaries set to bargaining
F
We have no need for tricky marketing
C
We make self evident claims
F G
We say let the product sell themselves
A G
Let the product sell themselves
F G
Let the product sell themselves
C
Like the Minutemen said
F
I start to shake when she stares at me
C
Our currency's almost at parity
F
I'd try to talk but apparently
C
That's not attractively tough
F
We tripped and fell and we formed a team
C
We fixed ourselves with fibrin soldering
F
Wait I was wrong that's called fibin glue
C
We have enough
F G
To get wasted on the senate floor
A G
She said blah blah blah I'm getting bored
F G A
Republican watchman from Virginia wraps his fist in a flag
G
To punch our lights out
F G
We got wasted on the senate floor
A G
Now you're trapped because I've locked the door
F G A
And I've got the thorium 232 and I've got this microphone
G
Listen up Hey
F
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
C
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
F
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
C
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
F
Got bloody eyes but we're feeling good
C
Causing confusion in the neighborhood
F
Nothing protects us like an earmark could
C
From bearing blows
F
The price is only what inflation pulls
C
The rules are strictly informational
F
We showed up late with exxon rave
C
We brought our products in tow
F G
Now we're wasted on the senate floor
A G
We put ecstasy tabs in the water supply
F G
Now we're wasted on the senate floor
A G
Let's see who's gay and who get's lonely
F G
We got wasted on the senate floor
A G
The naval blockade came down with no trade offer
F G
Wasted on the senate floor
A G
And we cast our eye to the stove
F
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
C
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
F
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
C
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
F
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
C
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
F
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
C
Nah nah nah nah nah nah nah
F G
Wasted on the senate floor (wasted on the senate floor)
A G
Wasted on the senate floor (wasted on the senate floor)
F G
Wasted on the senate floor (wasted on the senate floor)
A G
Wasted on the senate floor (wasted on the senate floor)
F G
Wasted on the senate floor (wasted on the senate floor)
A G
Wasted on the senate floor (wasted on the senate floor)
F G
Wasted on the senate floor (wasted on the senate floor)
A G
Wasted on the senate floor (wasted on the senate floor)
F G
Wasted on the senate floor
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