Empire

	  		


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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