Chords for Empire (Remastered 2000)

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I'm just it's starting to hit me like a two _ _ ton [A] heavy thing.
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Last night the world came down
Ten dead in [A] Chinatown
And I stand there on that [G] crime wall
Three in the wrong [C] place
And for [A] a long time too
Bad people say
What's wrong with kids today?
I'll tell you right now they've got nothing to [G] lose
[F] They're building [A] empire
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Shawty used to work after school
After saying I'm a [G] show
[C] _
[A] Us only being once an institution
[G] Yeah, it's [F] got a long way to go
[A] Now it's out on the streets all day
And selling crack to the people who [G] pay
[A] Not an angry 47 for it's best [G] friend
Is this [F] the American way?
[D] Inside, meets my [Em] side
[C] Clouds [Dm] of blood [D] dry
Like the fall of the
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [F] _ [A] East Coast And for
[F] The school of the
[A]
East Coast
[D] _ _ _ [C] That's right, [A] that's right, that's right
Man trapped again
Holds his change in his [G]
[A] hand
Proud of killing, proud of falling, proud of loving another
Game [C] point, nobody [A] wins
Declines, my own time
What happened to the [G] dream supply?
[A] Carried off, downloaded up again
[F] Another empire
[D] Inside, meets [Dm] my side
[C] I've lost all my Time
[D] _ [Dm] Lost [G] all my
[D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [F] Hope
[A] It's gone and I've [Am] won
I've [F] lost all my [A] Hope
It's gone and I've won
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[D] In fiscal year [Bb] 1986 to 87
The federal [D] government's [F] spent a [D] combined total of $60 [G].6 million [C] on law enforcement
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Federal law enforcement expenditures [D] ranked last in absence of [E] dollars
After [F] only [D] 6% of all federal spending
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[D] By way of comparison, [Bb] the feds have spent $24 million more on [F] space [D] exploration
And 23 times more on national defense and international relations
[F] Even on law enforcement
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_ _ _ [F] _ It's gone [Gm] and [A] I've won
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_ _ _ [F] _ I've [D] lost [A] _
_ all [F] _ [E] my
[A] Hope
It's gone and I've won
_ _ _ [F] Hope
It's gone and [A] I've won
_ _ [F] _ _ [E] _ [Am] I've lost all _ [F] my
[A] _ It's gone and _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A]