Murder by Death – End Of The Line (Ukulele)

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Chords

Bm: *24430 G: 355400 Em: 022000 F#: 244300 (it sounds better, in my opinion, to play those chords open) Intro: Bm,G,Em,F# X4
Bm               G         Em                         Bm
All the kids have run inside grabbed a spot under the stairs

                  G              Em                                   Bm
they've barricaded all the windows and rigged the doorknobs shut with chairs

                         G      
what are they waiting for they don't know

Em                           Bm
they just keep their fingers crossed and maybe

               G    
pray to mary or jesus christ  

Em                                F#
I can hear them knocking down the door 

Em             Bm  F#              Em
the wait it is over this bottle is done 

Em               Bm   G              F#  Bm
so we clench our fists and fight our demons 
Bm,G,Em,F# X2
Bm                 G           Em                        Bm
there's a girl with a flower pot full of dirt and bullet shells

                   G               Em                     Bm
she puts it by her window gives it sunlight restores its health

                    G                        Em                        Bm
after a month or two the shells start to grow into branches of barbed wire 

                            G                                           
they spread across the walls the windows and the floors 

           Em        F#
and their grip never tires

Em             Bm  F#              Em
the wait it is over this bottle is done 

Em               Bm   G              F#  Bm
so we clench our fists and fight our demons 

    Bm       G Em              F#        Bm      G Em              F#
lay low lay low keep your head down lay low lay low listen for the sound 

       G                  Em        Bm
of the dusty train that's comin' to sweep us all away

      G                Em        Bm
I can hear the rails a rattlin' against the hectic fray so

Em      Bm          F#        Em
set the bone with a cardboard split

Em             Bm    F#          Em
and strike the nail against the flint

Em          Bm        F# 
and set the fields on fire 

Em            Bm Em        Bm
let the devil come let him come

Em      Bm              F#
I'll be waitin' for him this time 

Em   Bm               F#
I am stronger now and I can fight it 

Em      Bm             F#                    
I'll be waitin' at the end of the line (..I'll be wai..)

Em      Bm              F#
I'll be waitin' for him this time

Em      Bm              F#
I'll be waitin' for him this time 

Em    Bm              F#
I am stronger now and I can fight it 

Em      Bm             F#
I'll be waitin' at the end of the line  
Em F# Bm Em F# Em F# Em F# Bm. at the E-n-D of the line. at the E-n-D, at the E-n-D, at the E-n-D.