[Verse]
Cm
The lamps now glitter down the street;
Abmaj7
Faintly sound the falling feet;
A#
And the blue even slowly falls
Cm
About the garden trees and walls.
Cm
Now in the falling of the gloom
Abmaj7
The red fire paints the empty room:
A#
And warmly on the roof it looks,
Cm
And flickers on the backs of books.
[Chorus]
Ab
And what the burning city is
Eb
That crumbles in your furnaces!
Ab
And what the burning city is
Eb A#
That crumbles in your furnaces!
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[Verse]
Cm
Armies march by tower and spire
Abmaj7
Of cities blazing, in the fire;—
A#
Till as I gaze with staring eyes,
Cm
The armies fade, the lustre dies.
Cm
Then once again the glow returns;
Abmaj7
Again the phantom city burns;
A#
And down the red-hot valley, lo!
Cm
The phantom armies marching go!
[Chorus]
Ab
And what the burning city is
Eb
That crumbles in your furnaces!
Ab
And what the burning city is
Eb A#
That crumbles in your furnaces!
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[Verse 3]
Cm
Blinking embers, tell me true
Abmaj7
Where are those armies marching to,
A#
And what the burning city is
Cm
That crumbles in your furnaces!
[Chorus]
Ab
And what the burning city is
Eb
That crumbles in your furnaces!
Ab
And what the burning city is
Eb A#
That crumbles in your furnaces!
Ab Ab Eb Eb
Ab
And what the burning city is
Eb
That crumbles in your furnaces!
Ab
And what the burning city is
Eb A#
That crumbles in your furnaces!
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