That's How Every Empire Falls

That's How Every Empire Falls easy guitar chords by John Prine

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 3

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Capo
  • D

  • Asus4

  • A

  • Bm

    2
  • G

  • D

  • Asus4

  • A

  • Bm

    2
  • G

  • Intro 1



    Verse 1
    Caught 
    a train 
    from 
    Alex
    andria 

    Just 
    a broken 
    man 
    in 
    flight 

    Running 
    scared 
    with 
    his 
    devils 

    Saying 
    prayers 
    all 
    through 
    the 
    night 

    Oh 
    but mercy 
    can't 
    find 
    him 

    Not 
    in 
    the shadows 
    where 
    he 
    calls 

    Forsaking 
    all 
    his 
    better 
    angels 

    That's 
    how 
    every 
    empire 

    Interlude 1
    falls 



    Verse 2
    The bells 
    ring 
    out 
    on Sunday 

    mornng 

    Like echoes 
    from 
    another 
    time 

    All 
    our 
    innocence 
    and 
    yearning 

    And sense 
    of 
    wonder 
    left 
    be
    hind 

    Oh 
    gentle 
    hearts 
    re
    member 

    What 
    was 
    that story? 
    Is 
    it 
    lost? 

    For 
    when 
    religion 
    loses 
    vision 

    That's 
    how 
    every 
    empire 
    falls. 

    Interlude 2


    Verse 3
    He toasts 
    his 
    wife 
    and 
    all 
    his 
    family 

    The 
    providence 
    he 
    brought 
    to 
    bear 

    They 
    raise 
    their 
    glasses 
    in 
    his 
    honor 

    Although 
    this 
    union 
    they 
    don't 
    share 

    man 
    who 
    lives 
    among 
    them 

    Was 
    still 
    a stranger 
    to 
    them 
    all 

    For 
    when 
    the 
    heart 
    is 
    never 
    open 

    That's 
    how 
    every 
    em
    pire 
    falls 

    Interlude 3



    Verse 4
    Padlock 
    the 
    door 
    and 
    board 
    the 

    windows 

    Put 
    the people 
    in 
    the street 

    "It's 
    just 
    my 
    job," 

    he says 
    "I'm 
    sorry." 

    And 
    draws 
    check, 
    goes 
    home 
    to 
    eat 

    But 
    at night 
    he 
    tells 
    his 
    woman 

    "I 
    know 
    hide 
    behind 
    the 
    laws." 

    She says, 
    "You're 
    only 
    taking 

    orders." 

    That's 
    how 
    every 
    em
    pire 

    falls. 

    Interlude 4


    Verse 5
    bitter 
    wind 
    blows 
    through 
    the 
    country 

    hard 
    rain 
    falls 
    on 
    the sea 

    If 
    terror 
    comes 
    without 
    a warning 

    There 
    must 
    be something 

    we 
    don't 
    see 

    What 
    fire 
    begets 
    this 
    fire? 

    Like 
    torches 
    thrown 
    into 
    the straw 

    If 
    no 
    one 
    asks, 

    then no 
    one 
    answers 

    That's 
    how 
    every 
    em

    pire 
    falls. 

    Outro 1


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