That's How Every Empire Falls chords by
Marianne Faithfull

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Key: Bb major

Intro 1

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Caught a train from Alexandria

Verse 1
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Just a broken man in flight
F F 
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Running scared with his devils
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Saying prayers all through the night
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Oh but mercy can't find him
Eb Eb 6
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Not in the shadows where he calls
F F 
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Eb Eb 6
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Forsaking all his better angels
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falls

Interlude 1

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The bells ring out on Sunday

Verse 2
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Eb Eb 6
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mornng
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Like echoes from another time
F F 
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All our innocence and yearning
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And sense of wonder left behind
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Oh gentle hearts remember
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What was that story? Is it lost?
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Eb Eb 6
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For when religion loses vision
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falls.

Interlude 2

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Verse 3
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He toasts his wife and all his family
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The providence he brought to bear
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They raise their glasses in his honor
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Although this union they don't share
F F 
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A man who lives among them
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Bb Bb 
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Was still a stranger to them all
Csus4 Csus4 
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F F 
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Eb Eb 6
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For when the heart is never    open
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That's how every empire falls

Interlude 3

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Verse 4
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Padlock the door and board the
Eb Eb 6
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windows
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Put the people in the street
"It's just my job,"
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F F 
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he says "I'm sorry."
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Bb Bb 
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And draws a check, goes home to  eat
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F F 
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But at night he tells his woman
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"I  know I hide behind the laws."
She says, "You're only
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Eb Eb 6
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taking orders."
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That's how every empire

Interlude 4

falls.

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A bitter wind blows through the country

Verse 5
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Eb Eb 6
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Bb Bb 
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A hard rain falls on the sea
F F 
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If terror comes without a warning
Eb Eb 6
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There must be something
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we don't see
F F 
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What fire begets this fire?
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Bb Bb 
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Like torches thrown into the straw
If no one asks,
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Eb Eb 6
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then no one answers
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falls.

Outro 1

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsBb Eb F Dm C...

Bb
Eb
F
Dm
C
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Capo: 3

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Chords

Bb
Eb
F
Dm
C
Csus4
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