Chords for Queensryche - Empire (Official Music Video)

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_ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ [Am] Last night the world came down, ten dead and [G] charmed [A] down.
And I stand there on that [G] crime wall feeling wrong [F] place,
Have the [A] wrong time, too bad people say, what's wrong with the [C] kids today?
[A] I tell you right now they've got nothing to [G] lose.
[F] They're building an empire.
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_ _ _ _ _ Johnny used to work after school, after set on [G] the show.
_ [A] Got a hustle if he wants an education, [G] yeah, he's [F] got a lot of it, you know.
[A] Now he's out on the streets all day, selling crack to the people [G] who pay.
[A] Not only people, he's selling for his best friend, [G] business, [F] the American way.
[D] He's blind, he's [C] blindside, doubts [F] [D] of no time, the cross [G] of the _ [A] _ _ _
[F] moon,
_ [G] [A] he's calling, _ [Am] _
_ [F] _ [G] he's [D] calling. _ _
_ _ [C] [A] And _ tapped again, holds his cheese in his [G] hand,
[A] Brother killing brother for the profit of [G] another,
Game point, [F] nobody [A] wins, declines, no time,
What happened to the [G] dreams of [A] pride?
Tear it all back and load it up again, [G] _
[F] another empire.
[D] He's blind, he's [Em] blindside, [C] doubts [Dm] of no [D] time, _ the cross [G] of the _ _ [A] _ _ moon,
[F] _ [A] He's [G] calling, [A] he's calling.
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[F] _ [A] _ _ _ In _ [F] _
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_ _ _ [Bb] _ [D] _ fiscal [Dm] _
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[F] _ [Dm] year [Bb] 1986 to 87, [D] state and [Am] federal [F] governments spent a [D] combined total of $16 [Gm].6 billion [C] on law enforcement. _
[F] _ [D] Federal [Bb] law enforcement expenditures [D] ranked last in absence of dollars,
[Am] in account of their own [F] [D] percent of all federal spending.
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[F] _ [Dm] By way of [Bb] comparison, the federal government [D] spent $24 million more [Dm] on space exploration,
[D] 23 times [G] [D] more on defense and international relations [F] than on law enforcement.
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_ [F] _ [G] He's [F] blind, [A] he's blind, _
_ [F] _ [D] he's blind, [Am] he's blind, _
_ [F] _ [Am] he's blind, [A] he's blind, _
_ [F] _ [G] he's [D] blind, [Am] _ _ _
_ [F] he's blind, [Am] he's blind, [Am] _ _
he's [F] _ [G] _ blind. [A] Empire. _ _