Biography:
Originating from Leeds, the Sisters of Mercy were described by critic Steve Huey as playing "a slow, gloomy, ponderous hybrid of metal and psychedelia, often incorporating dance beats." The one constant in the band's career has been deep-voiced singer Andrew Eldritch. The band is named after the Leonard Cohen song "Sisters of Mercy" according to Eldritch. The band originally formed in 1980 with guitarist Gary Marx and drummer-turned-vocalist Eldritch.
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Chords
E A D G B E
Am X 0 2 2 1 0
C X 3 2 0 1 0
Csus4 X 3 3 0 1 0
Dm X X 0 2 3 1
F-5 X X 3 2 0 1
EM X 2 2 0 0 0
[Intro]
| Am | Am | C Csus4 C | Dm F-5 Em | x2
[Verse A]
Am C Csus4 C Dm F-5 Em
I hear the roar of a big machine
Am C Csus4 C Dm F-5 Em
Two worlds and in between
Am C Csus4 C
Hot metal and methedrine
Dm F-5 Em
I hear empire--
Am C Csus4 C Dm F-5 Em
Down I hear empire--
Am C Csus4 C Dm F-5 Em
Down
[Verse A]
Am C Csus4 C Dm F-5 Em
I hear the roar of a big machine
Am C Csus4 C Dm F-5 Em
Two worlds and in between
Am
Love lost, fire at will
C Csus4 C Dm F-5 Em
Dum-dum bullets and shoot to kill I hear--
Am C Csus4 C Dm F-5 Em
Dive bombers and empire down-- empire--
Am C Csus4 C Dm F-5 Em
Down
[Verse B]
Am
I hear the sons of the city and dispossessed
C Dm
Get down, get undressed
Am
Get pretty, but you and me
C Dm
We got the kingdom, we got the key
Am
We got the empire, now as then
C Dm
We don't doubt, we don't take direction
Am C Csus4 C Dm F-5 Em
Lucretia, my reflection, dance the ghost with me
[Instrumental]
| Am | Am | C | Dm | x2
[Verse B]
Am
We look hard, we look--
C Dm
Through
Am C Dm
We look hard to see for real
Am
Such things I hear they don't make sense
C Dm
I don't see much evidence
Am C Dm
I don't feel, I don't feel, I don't--
Am
Feel
[Instrumental]
| Am | Am | C | Dm | x4
[Verse B]
Am
A long train held up by page on page
C Dm
A hard reign held up by rage
Am
Once a railroad
C Dm
Now it's done
[Verse A]
Am C Csus4 C Dm F-5 Em
I hear the roar of a big machine
Am C Csus4 C Dm F-5 Em
Two worlds and in between
Am C Csus4 C Dm F-5 Em
Hot metal and methedrine-- I hear empire--
Am C Csus4 C Dm F-5 Em
Down
[Verse B]
Am
We got the empire, now as then
C Dm
We don't doubt, we don't take reflection
Am C Csus4 C
Lucretia, my direction, dance the ghost with me
[Outro]
| Am | Am | C | Dm | x3
(fade out)
E A D G B E
Am X 0 2 2 1 0
C X 3 2 0 1 0
Csus4 X 3 3 0 1 0
Dm X X 0 2 3 1
F-5 X X 3 2 0 1
EM X 2 2 0 0 0
[Intro]
| Am | Am | C Csus4 C | Dm F-5 Em | x2
[Verse A]
Am C Csus4 C Dm F-5 Em
I hear the roar of a big machine
Am C Csus4 C Dm F-5 Em
Two worlds and in between
Am C Csus4 C
Hot metal and methedrine
Dm F-5 Em
I hear empire--
Am C Csus4 C Dm F-5 Em
Down I hear empire--
Am C Csus4 C Dm F-5 Em
Down
[Verse A]
Am C Csus4 C Dm F-5 Em
I hear the roar of a big machine
Am C Csus4 C Dm F-5 Em
Two worlds and in between
Am
Love lost, fire at will
C Csus4 C Dm F-5 Em
Dum-dum bullets and shoot to kill I hear--
Am C Csus4 C Dm F-5 Em
Dive bombers and empire down-- empire--
Am C Csus4 C Dm F-5 Em
Down
[Verse B]
Am
I hear the sons of the city and dispossessed
C Dm
Get down, get undressed
Am
Get pretty, but you and me
C Dm
We got the kingdom, we got the key
Am
We got the empire, now as then
C Dm
We don't doubt, we don't take direction
Am C Csus4 C Dm F-5 Em
Lucretia, my reflection, dance the ghost with me
[Instrumental]
| Am | Am | C | Dm | x2
[Verse B]
Am
We look hard, we look--
C Dm
Through
Am C Dm
We look hard to see for real
Am
Such things I hear they don't make sense
C Dm
I don't see much evidence
Am C Dm
I don't feel, I don't feel, I don't--
Am
Feel
[Instrumental]
| Am | Am | C | Dm | x4
[Verse B]
Am
A long train held up by page on page
C Dm
A hard reign held up by rage
Am
Once a railroad
C Dm
Now it's done
[Verse A]
Am C Csus4 C Dm F-5 Em
I hear the roar of a big machine
Am C Csus4 C Dm F-5 Em
Two worlds and in between
Am C Csus4 C Dm F-5 Em
Hot metal and methedrine-- I hear empire--
Am C Csus4 C Dm F-5 Em
Down
[Verse B]
Am
We got the empire, now as then
C Dm
We don't doubt, we don't take reflection
Am C Csus4 C
Lucretia, my direction, dance the ghost with me
[Outro]
| Am | Am | C | Dm | x3
(fade out)
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