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THE BIG SLEEP
By: Murder By Death
from the album In Bocca Al Lupo
Bm         Em
At the end of the road
A        Bm
He calls everyone home
Bm           Em
And the fire will consume us
F#
Striking through to the bone
Bm         Em
At the end of the road
A               Bm
you will sleep, hear him call
Bm            Em
as the congregations crumble
F#           Bm
and the chapels will fall
Em            A
And the taste on your tongue,
Bm
well it comes yeah it comes
F#
With the bittersweet pang of remorse and pain
Em          A
Till the judgment is made
Bm
The prosecution’s won
The gavel has fallen
F#         Bm
And justice is done
Interlude:
Bm Em A Bm Em F#
Bm            Em
The courtroom clears
A            Bm
I’m left alone on the bench
Bm                   Em
My wife and children gone
F#
Along with the defense
Em               A          Bm
The bailiff leads me back to my cell
Bm        F#             Bm
Like the riverman, ferrying me to Hell
Em         A
I can’t blame ‘em, no
Bm
To hate me for what I’ve done
Em                A
I hear them whispering in the hall
Bm
“you’ll live and die by the gun”
Em          A            Bm
All I can do is sit here and pray
Bm          F#       Bm
I’ll be forgiven on judgment day
Em          A
Tell my wife in our yard
Bm
Buried underneath the pine
Em              A
There's a shoebox full of money
Bm
of which I never earned a dime
Em        F#
Use it to start over,
Bm
the way things should have been
F#
Live honest, and love again
Em            F#      Bm
Tell my wife, tell my kids, I never meant for this to happen
Interlude:
Bm Em F# A Bm F#   end on Bm
When they flip the switch,
please do not stay
I couldn't bear for you
to remember me this way