Memoir Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays427

Memoir by My Epic is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, C, D, Am and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Em
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16
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Intro: Em C  Em C D 


Verse 

Em               D 
I was hopeless, chained to vice after vice  
Am                   C                                     Em C  Em C D 
and I defied you until I prayed you would just let me die.  
Em                      D 
I was finished and slept in grave after grave  
Am                                C 
and waited buried, but the end I deserved never came. 


Em                    C 
The wrath that I was owed  
C                   D 
poured on your blameless son, 
Em                   G 
for every song I’ve sung  
G               Am 
still it seems senseless. 
Em                   C 
The righteousness He owned,  
C                 D 
free to us wicked ones.  
Em               G 
I fit it in my lungs but  
G               Am 
it leaves me breathless. 


verse 2 

Em                 D 
You were fearless, and took my shame upon shame  
Am                  C 
and as I yielded you were crushed by the weight. 
Em                  D 
But It was finished when by grace upon grace 
Am                  C 
hell was silenced as you stepped out from your grave. 


Em                    C 
The wrath that I was owed  
C                   D 
poured on your blameless son, 
Em                   G 
for every song I’ve sung  
G                  Am 
still it seems senseless. 
Em                   C 
The righteousness He owned,  
C                 D 
free to us wicked ones.  
Em               G 
I fit it in my lungs but  
G                Am 
it leaves me breathless. 

Em C Em C D 


Bridge 

Em  
Since the first time you spoke it,  
D 
I've been winded and gasping for air. 
Am   
I can barely repeat it.  
C 
I believe but I don’t understand  
Em 
how for all of the violence  
D 
and rebellion that heaves in my chest,  
Am 
You could call me forgiven,  
C 
and restore every last wasted breath. 


Outro 

Em   
Hell go on and rage,  
D 
whatever you may say  
Am 
my G-d, He speaks for me  
C 
and I'll not be ashamed. 
Em 
Hell go on and rage,  
D 
you can't change a thing.  
Am 
My G-d, You speak for me  
C 
so I'll not be ashamed. 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante