Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Difficulty: Novice
Intro:
| A minorAm | A minorAm | C majorC Csus4Csus4 C majorC | DmDm F-5 F-5/E | x2
Verse A:
A minorAm C majorC Csus4Csus4 C majorC DmDm F-5 F-5/E
I hear the roar of a big machine
A minorAm C majorC Csus4Csus4 C majorC DmDm F-5 F-5/E
Two worlds and in between
A minorAm C majorC Csus4Csus4 C majorC
Hot metal and methedrine
DmDm F-5 F-5/E
I hear empire--
A minorAm C majorC Csus4Csus4 C majorC DmDm F-5 F-5/E
Down I hear empire--
A minorAm C majorC Csus4Csus4 C majorC DmDm F-5 F-5/E
Down
Verse A:
A minorAm C majorC Csus4Csus4 C majorC DmDm F-5 F-5/E
I hear the roar of a big machine
A minorAm C majorC Csus4Csus4 C majorC DmDm F-5 F-5/E
Two worlds and in between
A minorAm
Love lost, fire at will
C majorC Csus4Csus4 C majorC DmDm F-5 F-5/E
Dum-dum bullets and shoot to kill I hear--
A minorAm C majorC Csus4Csus4 C majorC DmDm F-5 F-5/E
Dive bombers and empire down-- empire--
A minorAm C majorC Csus4Csus4 C majorC DmDm F-5 F-5/E
Down
Verse B:
A minorAm
I hear the sons of the city and dispossessed
C majorC DmDm
Get down, get undressed
A minorAm
Get pretty, but you and me
C majorC DmDm
We got the kingdom, we got the key
A minorAm
We got the empire, now as then
C majorC DmDm
We don't doubt, we don't take direction
A minorAm C majorC Csus4Csus4 C majorC DmDm F-5 F-5/E
Lucretia, my reflection, dance the ghost with me
Instrumental:
| A minorAm | A minorAm | C majorC | DmDm | x2
Verse B:
A minorAm
We look hard, we look--
C majorC DmDm
Through
A minorAm C majorC DmDm
We look hard to see for real
A minorAm
Such things I hear they don't make sense
C majorC DmDm
I don't see much evidence
A minorAm C majorC DmDm
I don't feel, I don't feel, I don't--
A minorAm
Feel
Instrumental:
| A minorAm | A minorAm | C majorC | DmDm | x4
Verse B:
A minorAm
A augmentedA long train held up by page on page
C majorC DmDm
A augmentedA hard reign held up by rage
A minorAm
Once a railroad
C majorC DmDm
Now it's done
Verse A:
A minorAm C majorC Csus4Csus4 C majorC DmDm F-5 F-5/E
I hear the roar of a big machine
A minorAm C majorC Csus4Csus4 C majorC DmDm F-5 F-5/E
Two worlds and in between
A minorAm C majorC Csus4Csus4 C majorC DmDm F-5 F-5/E
Hot metal and methedrine-- I hear empire--
A minorAm C majorC Csus4Csus4 C majorC DmDm F-5 F-5/E
Down
Verse B:
A minorAm
We got the empire, now as then
C majorC DmDm
We don't doubt, we don't take reflection
A minorAm C majorC Csus4Csus4 C majorC
Lucretia, my direction, dance the ghost with me
Outro:
| A minorAm | A minorAm | C majorC | DmDm | x3
(fade out)