Tonalité : F major•
Intro 1
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Csus4
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C
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Dm
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Csus4
C
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Dm
Bb
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Verse 1
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Bb
Caught a train from Alexandria
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Bb
F
Just a broken man in flight
Running scared with his devils
Bb
F
Saying prayers all through the night
C
Csus4
Oh but mercy can't find him
Bb
F
Not in the shadows where he calls
C
Bb
Forsaking all his better angels
F
That's how every empire
Interlude 1
falls
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C
Bb
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C
Bb
F
Verse 2
C
The bells ring out on Sunday
Bb
mornng
F
Like echoes from another time
C
All our innocence and yearning
Bb
F
C
F
And sense of wonder left behind
C
Oh gentle hearts remember
Bb
F
What was that story? Is it lost?
C
Bb
For when religion loses vision
C
F
That's how every empire falls.
Interlude 2
C
Bb
F
C
Bb
F
Verse 3
C
He toasts his wife and all his family
Bb
F
The providence he brought to bear
C
They raise their glasses in his honor
Bb
F
Although this union they don't share
C
A man who lives among them
Bb
F
Was still a stranger to them all
C
Bb
For when the heart is never open
F
That's how every empire falls
Interlude 3
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C
Bb
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C
Bb
F
C
Bb
F
C
Bb
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Verse 4
C
Padlock the door and board the
Bb
windows
F
Put the people in the street
"It's just my job,"
C
he says "I'm sorry."
Bb
F
And draws a check, goes home to eat
C
But at night he tells his woman
Bb
F
"I know I hide behind the laws."
She says, "You're only taking
C
Bb
orders."
F
That's how every empire
C
falls.
Interlude 4
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C
Bb
F
C
Bb
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Verse 5
C
F
A bitter wind blows through the country
Bb
F
A hard rain falls on the sea
C
If terror comes without a warning
Bb
There must be something
F
we don't see
C
What fire begets this fire?
Bb
F
Like torches thrown into the straw
If no one asks,
C
Bb
then no one answers
That's how every em
F
pire falls.
Outro 1
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C
Bb
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Bb
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AccordsF Csus4 C Dm Bb
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