Sam Fender – Crumbling Empire (Guitar)

A
Road like the surface of the moon

F#m
A Detroit neighbourhood left to ruin

E
Gil at the wheel showing me the sight

                   D
Of this crumbling empire

A
Following suit in the Atlantic mirror

F#m
Under the Byker bridge, they shiver

E
It's one for me, and one for the dead, and one

                 D
For my crumbling empire

A
I'm not preaching, I'm just talking

        F#m
I don't wear the shoes I used to walk in

      E
But I can't help thinking where they'd take me

                  D
In this crumbling empire

A
My old man worked on the rail yard

F#m
Betting his trade on the electrical bars

E
It got privatised, the work degraded

                  D
In this crumbling empire

A
My mother delivered most the kids in this town

F#m
My step-dad drove in a tank for the crown

E
It left them homeless, down and out

                    D
In their crumbling empire

A
I'm not preaching, I'm just talking

        F#m
I don't wear the shoes I used to walk in

      E
But I can't help thinking where I'd be

                  D
In this crumbling empire

                  A
In this crumbling empire

                  F#m
In this crumbling empire

              E
In this crumbling

                  D
In this crumbling empire

A
I was a kid when they threw him out

F#m
Livin' of the streets down Camden town

E
Under the arches, strung wide out

                 D
In our crumbling empire

A
Twenty-five years on crack and dope

F#m
Bagging the painful synthetic hope

E
Just another kid failed by these blokes

                   D
In their crumbling empire

A
I'm not preaching, I'm just talking

        F#m
I don't wear the shoes I used to walk in

      E
But I can't help thinking where I'd be

                  D
In this crumbling empire

                  A
In this crumbling empire

                  F#m
In this crumbling empire

                   E
In this crumbling empire

                  D
In our crumbling empire

                 A
In our crumbling empire

                 F#m
In our crumbling empire

                 E       D
In our crumbling empire

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