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C
Whatever happened to the fall of Rome?
       F
What a strange thing to ask when I was taking you home 
      C
As we walked alone through the parking lot
         F
I said I don’t have much you said I like what you got
           G                                                 F       C
And I’d be lying if I said I didn’t picture you then in your wedding dress
        G                                          F     C
And the days I’d hope we’d some day spend in our Sunday best
        F          C
We were light as a flame
     F         C
Both bat-shit insane
        F                G        C
We were lost but we were just the same

C
Whatever happened to the fall of Rome?
           F
You were a mystery to me but the place felt like home
         C
And there are no rules when you’re falling in love
         F
You just take what you get and you hope it’s enough
           G                                                 F       C
And I’d be lying if I said I didn’t picture you then in your wedding dress
        G                                         F      C
And the day’s I’d hope we’d some day spend in our Sunday best
        F              C
We were wrong from the start
        F       C
With our broken arms
                F          G         C
You played your role and I played my part


(C from the intro)


                 F   C
And the road was so long
            F  C
I was never as strong
       F             G       C
As the love that you gave to me
               F    C
And it uttered its toll
           F    C
You become so cold
    F                    G       C
You forget what you were born to be


C
Whatever happened to the fall of Rome?
      F
Those people all turned to ashes and stone
       C
It’s a trick of the mind when you think it wont end
       F
It’s a contest with time that time always wins
        G                                    F       C
I saw a picture of you the other day in your wedding dress
      G                                 F            C
And I wondered why I walked away like I had with the rest
              F      C
You were the only thing
         F     C
That was worth saving
      F       G      C
And I swear I did my best



     G                                            F       C
And sometimes at night I dream of you now in your wedding dress
      G                                   F        C
And I hope it doesn’t seem somehow like I gave you less
       F          C
I have nothing to show
           F            C
From these years on the road 
          F            G         C
But these songs that I wrote for you