Biography:
Sometimes the most compelling art can come from life’s greatest struggles, which in the case of Tooth & Nail newcomers I Am Empire, only added fuel to the group’s already blazing alternative rock fire. Though the San Jose-bred fivesome had no trouble igniting the local scene since forming in 2008, including dates alongside Flyleaf, Sublime, Deftones, Silversun Pickups, Thursday, Four Year Strong and The Wedding, a pair of charting singles (“You’re A Fake” and “The Elevator”)
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This band plays D and A differently in the verse for this song, I think it adds
color but some others may hate it.
Verse
D-554xxx
Dsus4-555xxx
A-542xxx
Asus4-552xxx
Pre-Chorus
G-320030
A7sus-002030
A7sus/F#-202030
Chorus
D-xxx232
A-xx2220
Em-022000
G-320003
Gm-355333
Bridge(They use bar chords or power chords but I'll post both open and bar chords
just in case you don't like the way it sounds)
Bar Chords
A-577655
D-557775
Bm-799777
Em-779987
G-355433
Open Chords
A-xx2220
D-xxx232
Bm-224432
Em-022000
G-320003
Finally the Song
Take Me away
I Am Empire
Verse
D Dsus4 A Asus4
Trophies on my bedroom mantle never meant much to me.
D Dsus4 A Asus4
It was all to make you happy or something of the sort.
D Dsus4 A Asus4
Think I'll build a boat sail somewhere I can be myself.
D Dsus4 A Asus4
But who is that? who is that
Pre-Chorus
G A7sus
Son it's not your fault.
A7sus/F#
You are who you are.
G A7sus D
I will lead you to where they wont make you small
Chorus
D A Em
Take me away where the monsters will play.
G D
Take me away where they'll never see my face.
D A Em
Take me away where the monsters will play.
G Gm
Take me away where they'll never see my face.
D Dsus4 A Asus4
Verse2
D Dsus4 A Asus4
The ocean lead me somewhere... The trees look like walls
D Dsus4 A Asus4
I can hear the shouts and calls of creatures in the dark.
D Dsus4 A Asus4
So scared freak out, lay low to the ground
D Dsus4 A Asus4
Looking for a clearing I hear a voice from afar.
Pre-Chorus
G A7sus
Son it's not your fault.
A7sus/F#
You are who you are.
G A7sus D
I will lead you to where they wont make you small
Chorus
D A Em
Take me away where the monsters will play.
G D
Take me away where they'll never see my face.
D A Em
Take me away where the monsters will play.
G Gm
Take me away where they'll never see my face.
Bridge
A D
Every dream has an end
Bm
A plot with a twist
Bm A Em
It's time to surrender
G D
Call it part of the plan
Bm
It's out of my hands
Bm A Em
Swore I'd never be home sick but I am
D Dsus4 A Asus4
Pre-Chorus
G A7sus
Son it's not your fault.
A7sus/F#
You are who you are.
G A7sus
I will lead you to where they wont make you small
Chorus
D A Em
Take me away where the monsters will play.
G D
Take me away where they'll never see my face.
D A Em
Take me away where the monsters will play.
G Gm
Take me away where they'll never see my...
D
They will never see my face.
D Dsus4 A Asus4
color but some others may hate it.
Verse
D-554xxx
Dsus4-555xxx
A-542xxx
Asus4-552xxx
Pre-Chorus
G-320030
A7sus-002030
A7sus/F#-202030
Chorus
D-xxx232
A-xx2220
Em-022000
G-320003
Gm-355333
Bridge(They use bar chords or power chords but I'll post both open and bar chords
just in case you don't like the way it sounds)
Bar Chords
A-577655
D-557775
Bm-799777
Em-779987
G-355433
Open Chords
A-xx2220
D-xxx232
Bm-224432
Em-022000
G-320003
Finally the Song
Take Me away
I Am Empire
Verse
D Dsus4 A Asus4
Trophies on my bedroom mantle never meant much to me.
D Dsus4 A Asus4
It was all to make you happy or something of the sort.
D Dsus4 A Asus4
Think I'll build a boat sail somewhere I can be myself.
D Dsus4 A Asus4
But who is that? who is that
Pre-Chorus
G A7sus
Son it's not your fault.
A7sus/F#
You are who you are.
G A7sus D
I will lead you to where they wont make you small
Chorus
D A Em
Take me away where the monsters will play.
G D
Take me away where they'll never see my face.
D A Em
Take me away where the monsters will play.
G Gm
Take me away where they'll never see my face.
D Dsus4 A Asus4
Verse2
D Dsus4 A Asus4
The ocean lead me somewhere... The trees look like walls
D Dsus4 A Asus4
I can hear the shouts and calls of creatures in the dark.
D Dsus4 A Asus4
So scared freak out, lay low to the ground
D Dsus4 A Asus4
Looking for a clearing I hear a voice from afar.
Pre-Chorus
G A7sus
Son it's not your fault.
A7sus/F#
You are who you are.
G A7sus D
I will lead you to where they wont make you small
Chorus
D A Em
Take me away where the monsters will play.
G D
Take me away where they'll never see my face.
D A Em
Take me away where the monsters will play.
G Gm
Take me away where they'll never see my face.
Bridge
A D
Every dream has an end
Bm
A plot with a twist
Bm A Em
It's time to surrender
G D
Call it part of the plan
Bm
It's out of my hands
Bm A Em
Swore I'd never be home sick but I am
D Dsus4 A Asus4
Pre-Chorus
G A7sus
Son it's not your fault.
A7sus/F#
You are who you are.
G A7sus
I will lead you to where they wont make you small
Chorus
D A Em
Take me away where the monsters will play.
G D
Take me away where they'll never see my face.
D A Em
Take me away where the monsters will play.
G Gm
Take me away where they'll never see my...
D
They will never see my face.
D Dsus4 A Asus4
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