Chords for That's how every empire falls - Marianne Faithfull

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