{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":368814,"song":"Big Sleep","artist":"Murder by Death","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11556246-big-sleep-chords-by-murder-by-death/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/368814?type=chord","rating":4.6605,"votes":22,"content":"THE BIG SLEEP\r\nBy: Murder By Death\r\nfrom the album In Bocca Al Lupo\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAt the end of the road[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nHe calls everyone home[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd the fire will consume us[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#[/ch]             \r\nStriking through to the bone[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAt the end of the road [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nyou will sleep, hear him call[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch] \r\nas the congregations crumble [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nand the chapels will fall[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the taste on your tongue, [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nwell it comes yeah it comes[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nWith the bittersweet pang of remorse and pain[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTill the judgment is made[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThe prosecution’s won[/tab]\r\n\r\nThe gavel has fallen\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd justice is done[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nInterlude:\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe courtroom clears[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI’m left alone on the bench[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMy wife and children gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nAlong with the defense[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThe bailiff leads me back to my cell[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]F#[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nLike the riverman, ferrying me to Hell[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]    \r\nI can’t blame ‘em, no[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bm[/ch]            \r\nTo hate me for what I’ve done[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI hear them whispering in the hall[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n“you’ll live and die by the gun”[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch] \r\nAll I can do is sit here and pray[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]F#[/ch]       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI’ll be forgiven on judgment day[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTell my wife in our yard[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nBuried underneath the pine[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThere's a shoebox full of money [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nof which I never earned a dime[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nUse it to start over, [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nthe way things should have been[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nLive honest, and love again[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]F#[/ch]      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nTell my wife, tell my kids, I never meant for this to happen[/tab]\r\n\r\nInterlude:\r\n[ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]F#[/ch]   end on [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\n\r\nWhen they flip the switch,\r\nplease do not stay\r\nI couldn't bear for you\r\nto remember me this way","plain_text":"THE BIG SLEEP\nBy: Murder By Death\nfrom the album In Bocca Al Lupo\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe gavel has fallen\n\n\n\nInterlude:\nBm Em A Bm Em F#\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInterlude:\nBm Em F# A Bm F#   end on Bm\n\nWhen they flip the switch,\nplease do not stay\nI couldn't bear for you\nto remember me this way","chords":["Bm","Em","A","F#"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]}}}