Flame Of The West

Big Country

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Em
A stranger came by traveling
       C             Em  Em9
And he went to every door
Em
He said he'd lost his people
     C            G
He'd come to look for more
Em
And many did believe him
      G      D
As he talked upon the square
Em
The spell he wove upon us
              Em9     Em    C  D
Fills my body with despair


   [Chorus]
     Em
And in his eyes
        C     G
Was the flame of the west
         C
Until it burns
         Em
He never rests


   [Link]
Em  D  Em  D      x2
Em  D  G   C


   [Verse 2]
Em
He had the voice of an angel
        C         Em   Em9
And the face of a saint
Em
And though they fell behind him
  C                G
I knew what it was he meant
Em
His eyes where full of demons
      G        D
As he made his message clear
Em
He strode the world like Caesar
               Em9     Em  C  D
With a trident held as fear


   [Chorus]
     Em
And in his eyes
        C     G
Was the flame of the west
         C
Until it burns
         Em
He never rests


   [Link]
Em  D  Em  D      x2
Em  D  G   C


   [Bridge]
Em            D           F#m
It's just how it's always been
        Em                 Em9
One man with a ruling dream
Em           D
And everyone falls for him
  G            C
Heroines in an ancient film


Em            D           F#m
It's just how it's always been
        Em                 Em9
One man with a ruling dream
Em           D
And everyone falls for him
  G            C
Heroines in an ancient film
Am         C     G
Called the flame of the west


   [Link]
Am   G    C     Am   G    C
Am   G    C     Em  D  G   C


   [Verse 3]
Em
Look out for that stranger
   C               Em      Em9
If you pass him on your way
Em
He never sees a danger
       C            G
In the darkening of the day
Em
There will be dollars in his hand
       G        D
He has all hell to pay
Em
And he will pass them to you
               Em9      Em   C  D
If you promise you will stay


   [Chorus]
     Em
And in his eyes
        C     G
Was the flame of the west
         C
Until it burns
   Em
He never rests