On the 6th of May 2022, the track was released. The track was written by Régine Chassagne & Win Butler.
Chords Info
- Tuning: Standard(E A D G B E)
- Key: C
- Chords: C, G, Am, G7, F, Dm, G/B, Am/G, D, Em, E, G5
- BPM: 137
- Suggested Strumming:
- D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord
Track Info
- Song: End Of The Empire I-Iii
- Artist: Arcade Fire
- Written by Régine Chassagne & Win Butler
- Produced by Nigel Godrich, Win Butler & Régine Chassagne
- Album: WE
- Released Date: 6 May 2022
[Verse]
C G Am One last dance
G7 F G Here at the end of the empire
C G Am Makes me cry
G7 F G Watching the moon on the ocean
F C Where California used to be,
Am
It's not half bad
C Am Oh, spend half your life being sad
Dm G Woah, well, don't be scared
Dm G Oh-oh, just chronically impaired
Dm G7 Oh-oh, just take my hand, oh-oh
Dm Standing at the
G
End of the American Empire [Verse]
C G Am One last song
G7 F G Here at the end of the movie
C G Am They seemed so sure
G7 F At lеast that's the way
G G7
I remembеr the war
F C When New York used to be,
Am
It's not half bad
C Oh-oh, spending half
Am
Your life being sad
Dm G Woah, don't you weep
Dm G Oh-oh, half your life fast asleep
Dm G Oh-oh, feeling uninspired
Dm Oh, standing at the
G
End of the American Empire [Interlude]
C G/B Am Am/G And we know that it's time to go
F D G F Heard the news on the radio
Em E Am G5 F One last round before we go
F C G E Through the pale atmospheric glow
C G/B Am Am/G And the oxygen's getting low
F D G F Sing a song that we used to know
C G C One last round before we go [Intro] C Am C Am (So sad) C Am [Verse]
C Am Didn't use to get high,
Didn't use to drink and I
C Am Didn't use to think I could
F
Ever dream about losing you [Verse]
C Am Didn't use to get low this
Time of night and I
C Am Didn't use to walk home
In the morning light
F G Without you, without you [Verse]
C Am Didn't use to get high,
Didn't use to drink
C Am Didn't use to think I could
F
Ever dream about losing you,
G
You, but I do
[Chorus] C It’s you and I,
It’s do or die
Am Suicide mission,
Baby by my side
C We got one life and
Half of it’s gone
Am You know I can’t sleep with
The television on
[Outro]
C Am Didn't use to get high
C Am With you by my side
C (Leave the light on)
