Last Daze Of An Empire Chords by Murray Head

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_ [A] Hey wait for me!
[C] The young man cried aloud.
_ [G] Running across the street, [D] he couldn't find a crowd.
[Am] The streets are paved with garbage, [C] the sires are motorcars.
[G] While businessmen were drinking cocktails [D] somewhere,
the laced with caviar.
_ [Em] Meanwhile in the basement, [Am] I am listening [F] to the rain.
_ [C] Thinking about the day [G] going by.
_ [Em] Oh, wasn't it a shame?
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_ [F] _ _ _ [C] I forgot about myself, [G] the TV guy.
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_ [Am] _ [G] Last days [C] of our damn lives. _
[F] Can't beat the _ [Am] face, [G] of old. _
_ [Am] _ _ [G] Days [C] of our damn lives. _
[F] Can't beat the face, [Am] face, [G] of old.
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] I saw and heard the news today, [C] fifteen times or more.
[G] It helped me keep informed on [D] the what's going on outside my door.
[A] I ran to take a sip of bean, the [C] bulletin's on the radio and TV.
[G] I didn't have to move an inch, [D] I felt as solid as a tree.
[Em] I looked out of my basement [Am] window and I can't lay [F] fast asleep.
_ [C] The street looked like the aftermath, [G] the sky was turning grey.
[Em] The crowd had moved on somewhere else, the young man [F] talked to a garbage heap.
[C] As I looked down [G] at my feet, I felt [G] nothing left to [E] say.
_ _ [Am] But when the last [G]
days [C] of our damn lives.
[F] Can't beat the face, [Am]
face, [G] of old.
_ _ [Am] _ [G] Last [C] days of our damn lives.
[F] Can't beat the face, [Am] _
[G] face, of old.
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_ [Am] _ _ [G] Last [C] days of our damn lives.
[F] Can't beat the face, [Am] _ [G] face, of old. _
_ [Am] Last [G] days [C] of our damn lives.
[F] Can't beat the face, [Am] face, [G] of old. _
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