Steve Earle – Little Emperor (Guitar)

C
Hey little emperor come down from your throne

    G                        C
The hour glass is empty your time has come and gone

     G                             C
Your counselors and concubines are getting' outta town

F                                                C
Some say it's an omen some say it's the winds of change

      F                                            C
Which ever way it's goin' it's blowin' like a hurricane

C
Hey little conqueror where you gonna go

    G                             C
The world is even smaller than it was when you left home

  G                       C
Nobody ever told you that history was kind

F                                                  C
Standin' on the corner your fortune blowin' in the wind

F                                               C
Daddy didn't warn you there ain't no goin' home again

C
No pomp and circumstance no more shock and awe

       G                            C
You're just a little emperor that's all

C
Hey little hypocrite what you gonna say

         G                             C
When you wind up standin' naked on the final judgement day

G                                   C
What if it turns out that God don't look like you at all

F                                                     C
The leaves are in the teacup the hieroglyphics on the wall

F                                                            C
You ain't the first to rise up you sure won't be the last to fall

C
Hey little emperor come down from you throne

    G                         C
And let another emperor climb on