Verse 1:
                    D
Like a city overthrown
                             Gbm
We're turning buildings into stone
                             E
We leave the bodies to the crows
                Bm
On a funeral of fire

                          D
Now we're choking on the fumes
                             Gbm
Spread the lie and kill the truth
                             E
They're in the ashes of the proof
                         Bm
We watch the flames rise higher

Chorus:
    D
Our empire
      Gbm
Is on fire
    E
Our empire
      Bm
Is on fire
                 D   Gbm  E  Bm
Our empire's on fire
                  D  Gbm  E  Bm   D
Our empire is on fire

Verse 2:
                               D
Now we're falling through the ice
                               Gbm
We made our bed and rolled the dice
                        E
Well every gamble has a price
                           Bm
We watched the cracks grow wider


                              D
Waves are climbing past your knees
                            Gbm
It's just the coming of the seas
                           E
It's getting harder now to breathe
                          Bm
We watched the tides rise higher

Chorus:
    D
Our empire
      Gbm
Is on fire
    E
Our empire
      Bm
Is on fire
                 D   Gbm  E  Bm
Our empire's on fire
                  D  Gbm  E  Bm
Our empire is on fire

Bridge:
          D
I said I know you know we feel it in our bones
         Gbm
I said I know you know we feel it in our bones
          E
I said I know you know we feel it in our bones
          Bm
I said I know, woah oh oh!

Interlude: D  Gbm  E  Bm

Chorus:
    D
Our empire
      Gbm
Is on fire
    E
Our
      Bm
Is on fire
                 D   Gbm  E  Bm
Our empire's on fire
                  D  Gbm  E  Bm   D
Our empire is on fire
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