Every Bloody Emperor Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Em][A][Em][A][Em][A]
[Em][A][Em][A]

[Verse 1]
By [Em]this we are all
[Bm]sust[Em]ained: a belief in human nature
[D]And in jus[Em]tice and[D] parity...all we have
is the [A]faith to carry [B]on.[Em]
Imperceptible the change as our votes
become mere [A]ges[D]tures
And our [Em]lords and masters
de[D]termine to cast us
In the [A]roles of serfs and [B]slaves
in the new empire's [Em]name.

[Verse 2]
Yes and [A]every bloody em[D]peror
claims that [G]freedom is his [C]cause
As he [F]buffs up on his [Bb]common
touuch as a [B]get- out [E]clause.[Em]

[Verse 3]
[Em]
Unto nations nations [D]speak[Bm][Em]
in the language of [A]the [D]gutter;
[Em]Trading primetime insults
the im[D]perial impulse
Ex[A]tends across [B]the screen.
[Em]Truth's been beaten to its[D][Bm]
[Em]knees; the lies embed ad infinit[A]um[D]
Till their [Em]repetition be[D]comes a dictum
[A]We're [B]traittors to disbelieve.
[Em]With what impotence we griev[Bm]e
[Em]for the democratic proce[A]ss[D]
As our [Em]glorious leaders con
[D]spire to feed us
The last [Am]dregs of imperious [A]dis[B]dain
In the new empire's [Em]name.

[Verse 4]
Yes [A]and every bloody e[D]mperor's
got [Bm]his hands [G]up history's [C]skirt
As he [F]poses for pos[Bb]terity
over the [B]fresh dug [E]dirt.
Yes [A]and every bloody [D]emperor
with his [G]sickly [C]rictus grin
Talks his [F]way out of nearly
[Bb]everything but the [B]lie within
[Em]Be c[E]ause e[A]very bloody em[D]peror
thinks [G]his right to rule di[C]vine
So he'll go [F]spinning and spinning [Bb]and spinning into his [B]own [E]decline.[Em]

[Interlude 1]
[A][D][G][C][F][Bb][B][E][A][D][G]
[C][F][Bb][Daug][B][E][A][D][G][C][F]
[Bb][B][E][A][D][G][C][F][Bb][B]
[E][A][D][G][C][F][Bb][B][Em][A][D]
[G][C][F][Bb][B][E][A][D][G][C]
[F][Bb][B][Em][Bm][D][Em][Bm]
[Em][Bm]
[Em]Imperceptible the change

[Verse 5]
[Bm]as[Em]
one by one our voices [A]fal[D]ter
And the [Em]double standards of [D]propaganda
Still [A]all our righteous [B]rage.
[Em]

[Verse 6]
By this we are [D]all [Em]sustained: our belief
in human [Asus4]nature.[D]
But our [Em]faith diminishes
- close to the finish,
We're [A]only serfs [Em]and slaves
[B]As the empire [Em]decays.

[Outro 1]
[D][Em][Em]
[D][Em][Em][Em][C#dim][A][Bm]