That's How Every Empire Falls chords by John Prine
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Intro 1
(D major) (Asus4) (D major) (A major) (D major) (B minor) (D major)
(Asus4) (A major) (D major) (B minor) (G major)
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Verse 1
Caught a train from Alex (A major) andria (G major)
(D major) Just a broken (G major) man in (D major) flight
Running scared with his devils
(G major) Saying prayers all (D major) through the night
Oh but mercy can't (A major) find him (Asus4)
(G major) Not in the shadows where he (D major) calls
Forsaking all his better (A major) angels (G major)
That's how every empire (D major)
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Interlude 1
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Verse 2
The bells ring out on Sunday (A major)
(G major) mornng
Like echoes from another (D major) time
All our innocence and (A major) yearning
(G major) And sense of wonder left behind (D major) (A major) (D major)
Oh gentle hearts re (A major) member
(G major) What was that story? Is it (D major) lost?
For when religion loses (A major) vision (G major)
That's how every (A major) empire (D major) falls.
Interlude 2
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Verse 3
He toasts his wife and all his (A major) family
(G major) The providence he brought to (D major) bear
They raise their glasses in his (A major) honor
(G major) Although this union they don't (D major) share
A man who lives among (A major) them
(G major) Was still a stranger to them (D major) all
For when the heart is never (A major) open (G major)
That's how every empire (D major) falls
Interlude 3
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Verse 4
Padlock the door and board the (A major)
windows (G major)
Put the people in the street (D major)
"It's just my job,"
he says "I'm (A major) sorry."
(G major) And draws a check, goes home to (D major) eat
But at night he tells his (A major) woman
(G major) "I know I hide behind the (D major) laws."
She says, "You're only taking
(A major) orders." (G major)
That's how every empire (D major)
falls. (A major)
Interlude 4
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Verse 5
A bitter wind blows through the (A major) country (D major)
(G major) A hard rain falls on the sea (D major)
If terror comes without a warning (A major)
(G major) There must be something
we don't (D major) see
What fire begets this (A major) fire?
(G major) Like torches thrown into the straw (D major)
If no one asks,
then no one (A major) answers (G major)
That's how every em
pire (D major) falls.
Outro 1
(D major) (A major) (G major) (D major) (A major) (G major) (D major)
That's How Every Empire Falls
John Prine
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