Note: the entire song is just A F#m E D

[Intro]
   

[Verse 1]

Road like the 

surface of the

 moon

A Detroit neig

hbourhood left

 to ruin

Gil at the whe

el showing me 

the sight
              
Of this crumbl

     
ing empire

Following suit

 in the Atlant

ic mirror

Under the Byke

r bridge, they

 shiver

It's one for m

e, and one for

 the dead, and

 one
              
For my crumbli

   
ng empire

[Chorus]

I'm not preach

ing, I'm just 

talking
        
I don't wear t

he shoes I use

d to walk in
      
But I can't he

lp thinking wh

ere they'd tak

e me
              
In this crumbl

    
ing empire

[Verse 2]

My old man wor

ked on the rai

l yard

Betting his tr

ade on the ele

ctrical bars

It got privati

sed, the work 

degraded
              
In this crumbl

    
ing empire

My mother deli

vered most the

 kids in this 

town

My step-dad dr

ove in a tank 

for the crown

It left them h

omeless, down 

and out
              
In their crumb

      
ling empire

[Chorus]

I'm not preach

ing, I'm just 

talking
        
I don't wear t

he shoes I use

d to walk in
      
But I can't he

lp thinking wh

ere I'd be
              
In this crumbl

    
ing empire

[Post-Chorus]
              
In this crumbl

    
ing empire
              
In this crumbl

    
ing empire
              
In this crumbl


ing
              
In this crumbl

    
ing empire

[Verse 3]

I was a kid wh

en they threw 

him out

Livin' of the 

streets down C

amden town

Under the arch

es, strung wid

e out
              
In our crumbli

   
ng empire

Twenty-five ye

ars on crack a

nd dope

Bagging the pa

inful syntheti

c hope

Just another k

id failed by t

hese blokes
              
In their crumb

     
ling empire

[Chorus]

I'm not preach

ing, I'm just 

talking
        
I don't wear t

he shoes I use

d to walk in
      
But I can't he

lp thinking wh

ere I'd be
              
In this crumbl

    
ing empire

[Post-Chorus]
              
In this crumbl

    
ing empire
              
In this crumbl

    
ing empire
              
In this crumbl

     
ing empire
              
In our crumbli

    
ng empire
              
In our crumbli

   
ng empire
              
In our crumbli

   
ng empire
              
In our crumbli

          
ng empire

[Outro]
   
(Repeat to end

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