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--

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

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

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

...

-|----------------------||

-|----------------------||

-|-7-5-----7---5--4h5-7-||

-|-5-5-----5---5------5-||

-|-----0-0---0----------||

-|----------------------||

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-----------------------

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

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

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

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

...

-|----|--------------------------

-|----|-10--10----10-12--12-10-12

-|----|--------12----------------

-|-12-|--------------------------

-|----|--------------------------

-|----|--------------------------

...

-|--------------|

-|-13--13-12-13-|

-|--------------|

-|--------------|

-|--------------|

-|--------------|

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

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

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

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

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

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

...

-|-|

-|-|

-|-|(rhythm guitar ends on A5)

-|-|

The A5 is sustained throughout the

..verses with a few changes like

..so:

Last night the word came down

Ten dead in Chinatown

Innocent, their only crime

        B5                   slide

..to C5      A5

Was bein' in the wrong place at

..the wrong time

"Too bad", people say,

"What's wrong with the kids

..today?"

I'll tell you right now they got

..nothin' to lose

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-

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

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

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

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

...

-|------------------------------

-|-6--6-6-3--3-3----------------

-|-5--5-5-2--2-2---5--5-5-5--5-5

-|-0--0-0-0--0-0---5--5-5-5--5-5

-|-----------------3--3-3-3--3-3

-|------------------------------

...

-|-||-------|

-|-||-------|

-|-||-------|

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

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

-|-||-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-

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

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

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

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

...

-|------------------||

-|--5----5-6--5h6p5-||

-|--5----5-5--5-----||

-|------------------||(repeat 4x)

-|------------------||

-|------------------||

(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.)

Then there's the solo and the

..chorus a few times until the

..end.  There's

also a bit of lead stuff (guitar

..harmonization between Chris and

..Michael)

over the last couple of choruses;

..really nifty lead work...but I'm

..not

going to tab it!

The lyrics to the second verse

..are:

"Black man trapped again,

Holds his chains in his hand.

Brother killing brother for the

..profit of another.

Game point...nobody wins.

Decline right on time.

What happened to the dream

..sublime?

Tear it down we'll put it up

..again.

Another EMPIRE!"

The following are the "lyrics" to

..the commentary:

"In fiscal year 1986 to 87, local,

..state, and federal governments

spent a combined total of 60.6

..billion dollars on law

..enforcement.

Federal law enforcement

..expenditures ranked last in

..absolute dollars

and accounted for only a sixth

..percent of all federal spending.

By way of comparison, the federal

..government spent 24 million more

..on

space exploration and 43 TIMES

..more on national defense and

international relations than on

..law enforcement."

Once again, you'll have to do this

.."sans solo" 'cause leads are a

..pain in

my ass to tab out.  But put all

..the pieces together and you'll

..have

something that vaguely resembles

..Queensryche's "Empire".  'Tis a

..great song

and a great album.  Email me and

..be REAL nice and I might be

..pursuaded to

tab out the solo after all...