Chords for That's How Every Empire Falls

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