End Of The Empire I-iii chords by Arcade Fire

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:
 C majorC     A minorAm
One last dance
       FF     G+G
Here at the end of the empire
 C majorC    A minorAm
Makes me cry
       FF      G+G
Watching the moon on the ocean
             C majorC
Where California used to be


        A minorAm
It's not half bad, oh
 C majorC             A minorAm
Spend half your life being sad, woah
 DmDm        G+G
Well, don't be scared, oh-oh
DmDm           G+G
 Just chronically impaired, oh-oh
DmDm        G+G
 Just take my hand, oh-oh
DmDm             G+G
Standing at the end of the American Empire

Verse 2:
 C majorC    A minorAm
One last song
       FF     G+G
Here at the end of the movie
    C majorC    A minorAm
They seemed so sure
           FF    G+G
At l ast that's the way I rememb r the war
            C majorC
When New York used to be
       A minorAm
It's not half bad, oh-oh
C majorC               A minorAm  DmDm
Spending half your life being sad, woah
      G+G
Don't you weep, oh-oh
DmDm            G+G
 Half your life fast asleep, oh-oh
DmDm       G+G
 Feeling uninspired, oh
 DmDm             G+G
Standing at the end of the American Empire

Verse 2:
     C majorC      G/BG/B   A minorAm G+G
And we know that it's time to go
FF     D/F#D/F# G+G
Heard the news on the radio
FF      E minorEm   E7E7   A minorAm FF
 One last round before we go
       C majorC     G+G   E7E7
Through the pale atmospheric glow
     C majorC    G/BG/B  A minorAm G+G
And the oxygen's getting low
    FF      D/F#D/F#   G+G FF
Sing a song that we used to know
      E minorEm   E7E7   A minorAm FF
One last round before we go
     C majorC    G+G   C majorC
One last round before we go

Intro:

C majorC A minorAm
   (So sad)
C majorC A minorAm

Verse 1:
C majorC
 Didn't use to get high
A minorAm
 Didn't use to drink and I
C majorC
 Didn't use to think I
A minorAm             FF
 Could ever dream about losing you

Verse 2:
C majorC
 Didn't use to get low
A minorAm
 This time of night and I
C majorC
 Didn't use to walk home
A minorAm
 In the morning light
     FF
Without you
     G+G
Without you

Verse 3:
          C majorC
Didn't use to get high
A minorAm
 Didn't use to drink
C majorC
Didn't use to think I
A minorAm            FF      G+G
 Could ever dream about losing you, you

But I do

Chorus:
   C majorC
It’s you and I, it’s do or die
 A minorAm
Suicide mission, baby by my side
    C majorC
We got one life and half of it’s gone
      A minorAm
You know I can’t sleep with the television on

Outro:
    C majorC
Didn't use to get high
A minorAm   C majorC       A minorAm
 With you by my side
           C majorC
(Leave the light on)