Big Country – Flame Of The West (Guitar)

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[Intro] Em D Em D x5 Am C Am C x2 Em D G C x2 [Verse 1]
Em
A stranger came by traveling

       C             Em  Em9
And he went to every door

Em
He said he'd lost his people

     C            G
He'd come to look for more

Em
And many did believe him

      G      D
As he talked upon the square

Em
The spell he wove upon us

              Em9     Em    C  D
Fills my body with despair
[Chorus]
     Em
And in his eyes

        C     G
Was the flame of the west

         C
Until it burns

         Em
He never rests
[Link] Em D Em D x2 Em D G C [Verse 2]
Em
He had the voice of an angel

        C         Em   Em9
And the face of a saint

Em
And though they fell behind him

  C                G
I knew what it was he meant

Em
His eyes where full of demons

      G        D
As he made his message clear

Em
He strode the world like Caesar

               Em9     Em  C  D
With a trident held as fear
[Chorus]
     Em
And in his eyes

        C     G
Was the flame of the west

         C
Until it burns

         Em
He never rests
[Link] Em D Em D x2 Em D G C [Bridge]
Em            D           F#m
It's just how it's always been

        Em                 Em9
One man with a ruling dream

Em           D
And everyone falls for him

  G            C
Heroines in an ancient film

Em            D           F#m
It's just how it's always been

        Em                 Em9
One man with a ruling dream

Em           D
And everyone falls for him

  G            C
Heroines in an ancient film

Am         C     G
Called the flame of the west
[Link] Am G C Am G C Am G C Em D G C [Verse 3]
Em
Look out for that stranger

   C               Em      Em9
If you pass him on your way

Em
He never sees a danger

       C            G
In the darkening of the day

Em
There will be dollars in his hand

       G        D
He has all hell to pay

Em
And he will pass them to you

               Em9      Em   C  D
If you promise you will stay
[Chorus]
     Em
And in his eyes

        C     G
Was the flame of the west

         C
Until it burns

   Em
He never rests
[Outro] Em D G C x3 Mark W