Every Bloody Emperor - Van Der Graaf Generator Chords
Chords: G, D, C, F, D5, Bb
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Genre: prog rock, symphonic prog, art rock
[Intro]
G D G C F
By this we are all sustained: a belief in human nature
G F C D5 G
And in justice and parity…. all we have is the faith to carry on.
[Verse]
G D G C F
Imperceptible the change as our votes become mere gestures
G F
And our lords and masters determine to cast us
C D5
In the roles of serfs and slaves
G
In the new empire's name
[Chorus]
C F Bb G
Yes and every bloody emperor claims that freedom is his cause
C F G D5 G
As he buffs up on his common touch as a get-out clause
[Verse]
G D G C F
Unto nations nations speak in the language of the gutter
G F C D5 G
trading primetime insults the imperial impulse extends across the screen
G D G C F
Truth's been beaten to its knees; the lies embed ad infinitum
G F
till their repetition becomes a dictum
C D5 G
we're traitors to disbelieve
[Verse]
G D G C F
With what impotence we grieve for the democratic process
G F
as our glorious leaders conspire to feed us
C D5
the last dregs of imperious disdain
G
in the new empire's name
[Chorus]
C F Bb G
Yes and every bloody emperor's got his hands up history's skirt
C F G D5 G
as he poses for posterity over the fresh-dug dirt
C F Bb G
Yes and every bloody emperor with his sickly rictus grin
C F G D5 G
talks his way out of nearly anything but the lie within
C F Bb G
because every bloody emperor thinks his right to rule divine
C F G D5 G
so he'll go spinning and spinning and spinning into his own decline
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