Chords for RB Morris - That's How Every Empire Falls

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_ _ He caught a [Bm] train from Alexandria, _ [C]
just a broken man in [G] flight
_ Running scared with [D] all his devils, _ [C] saying prayers [G] all through the night _
Ah, but mercy [D] can't find him [C] in the shadows [G] where he called, _ forsaken all his better [D] angels
Well, _ [C]
that's how every [G] empire falls _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ The bells ring out on Sunday [C#] morning _ [C] like echoes from another [G] time
_ All our innocence and [D] yearning, [C] a sense of wonder [G] left behind
_ Oh, gentle hearts [C#] remember, _ [C] what was that [G] story, is it lost?
For when religion loses [D] vision, [C] that's how every [G] empire falls
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_ _ [G] _ _ He toasts his wife and [D] all his family, [C] _ providence he [G] brought to bear
They raise their glasses in his honor, [C] although this union [G] they don't share
A man who [D] lives among them, _ [C]
still a [G] stranger to them all
For when the heart [D] is never open, _ [C] that's how [G] every empire falls _ _
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_ _ Padlock the door and board the windows, _ [C]
and put the [G] people in the street
It's just my job, he [D] says, I'm sorry, [C] and draws a check [G] and goes home to eat _
Ah, but at night he [C#] tells his woman, [C] I know I hide [G] behind the law
She says, you're only [D] taking order, _ [C] _
that's how every [G] empire falls
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[Em] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ _ A bitter [E] wind blows through the country, [C]
and a hard rain falls [G] on the sea
If terror comes without a warning, _ [C] there must be something we [G] don't see
What fire begets this fire, [C] like torches [G] thrown into the straw
_ If no one asks, then [D] no one answers, _
[C] that's how [G] every empire falls
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