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