2316 - That's How Every Empire Falls - John Prine cover - Vocal - Acoustic guitar & chords
2,462 views · Published 8 March 2018 · 5:29 · Indexed 20 September 2026
Channel: George Possley · 2018 · Music
Guitar chords and lyrics are HERE: capo II [Intro] G D C G G D C G G D He caught a train from Alexandria C G Just a broken man in flight G D Running scared with all his devils C G Saying prayers all through the night G D But mercy can't find him C G Not in the shadows where he calls G D Forsaking all his better angels C G That's how every empire falls [Instrumental] G D C G G D C G G D The bells ring out on Sunday morning C G Like echoes from another time G D All our innocence and yearning C G And sense of wonder left behind G D Oh, gentle hearts remember C G What was that story his they lost G D When religion loses vision C G That's how every empire falls [Instrumental] G D C G G D C G G D He toasts his wife and all his family C G The providence he brought to bear G D They raise their glasses in his honor C G Although this union made 'em share G D Of a man that lives among them C G But still a stranger to them all G D For when a heart is never open C G That's how every empire falls [Instrumental] G D C G G D C G G D C G G D C G G D Lock the door and board the windows C G Put the people in the street G D It just my job he says I'm sorry C G And draws the jackels home to eat G D But at night he tell his woman C G I know I hide behind the laws G D She says you are only taking orders C G That's how every empire falls [Instrumental] G D C G G D C G G D A bitter wind blows through the country C G A hard rain falls on the sea G D If terror comes without a warning C G There must be something we don't see G D Well, fire begets this fire C G Like torches thrown into the straw G D If no one ask and no one answers C G That's how every empire falls [Outro] G D C G G D C
More from this channel
-
3:48
32 - Death Cab for Cutie - I will follow you into the dark - cover by GeoMan
-
4:34
63 - Bob Dylan - Just Like a Woman - cover by The pOHz
-
3:18
67 - Coldplay - Trouble - cover by GeoMan
-
3:43
85 - Steven Curtis Chapman - I will be here - cover by GeoMan
-
4:09
89 - Peter, Paul and Mary - Leaving on a Jet Plane - cover by GeoMan
-
7:27
106 - Stuck inside of Mobile - Bob Dylan cover by GeoMan
-
4:04
130 - FKA Superjay - Betweenthewars cover by GeoMan
-
3:44
141 - The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down - The Band cover by GeoMan