Crumbling Empire chords by Sam Fender
Intro 1
G
Em
D
C
Verse 1
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Road like
the surface of the moon
Em
A Detroit neighborhood left to ruin
D
Gil at the wheel, showing me the sight
C
Of this crumbling empire
G
Following suit in the Atlantic mirror
Em
Under the Byker Bridge, they shiver
D
It's one for me, and one for the dead
C
And one for my crumbling empire
Verse 2
G
I'm not preaching, I'm just talking
Em
I don't wear the shoes I used to walk in
D
But I can't help thinking
where they'd take me
C
In this crumbling empire
Verse 3
G
My old man worked on the rail yard
Em
Getting his trade on the electrical board
D
It got privatized, the work degraded
C
In this crumbling empire
G
My mother delivered most the
kids in this town
Em
My stepdad drove in
a tank for the crown
D
They left them homeless, down and out
C
In their crumbling em pire
Verse 4
G
And I'm not preaching, I'm just talking
Em
I don't wear the shoes I used to walk in
D
But I can't help thinking where I'd be
C
In this crumbling empire
Verse 5
G
In this crumbling empire
Em
In this crumbling empire
D
In this crumbling,
C
in this crumbling empire
Verse 6
G
Earl was a kid when they threw him out
Em
Liv ing on the streets
down Camden Town
D
Under the arches, strung right out
C
In a crumbling em pire
G
Twenty five years on crack and dope
Em
Begging to pay for synthetic hope
D
Just another kid failed
by these blokes
C
And their crumbling empire
Verse 7
G
I'm not preaching, I'm just talking
Em
I don't wear the shoes I used to walk in
D
But I can't help thinking
where they'd take me
C
In this crumbling em pire
Verse 8
G
In this crumbling empire In
Em
this crumbling em pire
D
In this crumbling empire
In our crumbling empire
C
In our crumbling empire
G
Em
In our crumbling empire
In our crumbling empire
Outro 1
Hey
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C
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Em
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Crumbling Empire
Sam Fender
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