Empire chords by Dar Williams

Dar Williams - Empire


CAPO: 4th Fret



N.C.                Em
Who's afraid of the sun?
                       Bm
Who would question the goodness of the mighty?
                  Em
We who banish the threat
                      Bm
When your little ones all go nighty-nighty

              D
Well, there's no time for doubt right now
    Em
And less time to explain
       D
So get back on your horses

Kiss my ring, join our next campaign


        Em
And the empire grows
         Bm
With the news that we're winning
     Em
With more fear to conquer
         Bm
And more gold thread for spinning
          Em
Bright as the sun
                Bm
Shining on everyone


                       Em
Some would say that we forced our words
                   Bm
And we find that ingenuously churlish
               Em
Words are just words
                 Bm
Don't be so pessimistic, weak and girlish


        D
We like strong, happy people
          Em
Who don't think there's something wrong with pride
D
Work makes them free

And we spread that freedom far and wide


        Em
And the empire grows
        Bm
Got the seeds of its glory
    Em
For every five tanks
        Bm
Plant a sentimental story
                  Em
'Til they worship the sun
                   Bm
Even Christ-loving ones


          Em
And we'll kill the terrorisers
      Bm
And a million of their races
         Em
But when our people torture you
         Bm
That's a few random cases
               Em
Don't question the sun
                   Bm
It doesn't help anyone


                    Em
But the journalists cried out
G       Bm
When it was too late to stop us
     Em
Everyone had awakened
       G                Bm
To the dream they could enter our colossus


            D
And now I'm right, here you said I'm right
        Em
There's nothing that can harm me
           D
'Cause the sun never sets

On my dungeons or my army


        Em
And the empire fell
        Bm
On it's own splintered axis
        Em
And the emperor wanes
       Bm
As the silver moon waxes


        Em
And the farmers will find old coins
         Bm
In their strawberry fields
      Em
While somebody somewhere
           Bm
Twists his ring as someone kneels
             Em
Oh, where is the sun
                 Bm
Shining for everyone?
             Em
Oh, where is the sun
                 Bm
Shining for everyone?


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