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The End chords
e|--------|
B|-3-2-3--|
G|--------|
D|--------|
A|--------|
E|--------|. . . .
D
DThis is the end
CBeautiful Dfriend
This is the end
 CMy only Dfriend, the end
Of Cour eGlaborate Dplans, the end
Of CeveryGthing that Dstands, the end
No Csafety Gor surDprise, the end
I’ll Cnever Glook into your  Deyes...again
Can you Cpicture what will Dbe
So G7limitless and Dfree
CDesperately in Dneed...of some...Gstrangers Dhand
In a...Cdesperate Dland
DLost in a romance...Cwilderness of Dpain
And all the Cchildren are inDsane
All the children Care inDsane
Waiting for the Csummer rain, Dyeah
There’s Ddanger on the edge of town
Ride the kings highway, baby
Weird scenes inside the gold mine
Ride the highway west, baby
Ride the snake, ride the snake
To the lake, the ancient lake, baby
The snake is long, seven miles
Ride the snake...he’s old, and his skin is cold
The Dwest is the best
The west is the best
Get here, and we’ll do the rest
DThe blue Cbus is calling Dus
DThe blue Cbus is calling Dus
DDriver, where you’ve Ctaken Dus
(spoken) D
The killer awoke before dawn, he put his boots on
He took a face from the ancient gallery
And he walked on down the hall
He went into the room where his sister lived, and...then he
Paid a visit to his brother, and then he
He walked on down the hall, and
And he came to a door...and he looked inside
Father, yes son, I want to kill you
Mother...I want to...fuck you
DC’mon baby, take a chance with us
C’mon baby, take a chance with us
C’mon baby, take a chance with us
And meet me at the back of the Cblue Dbus
Doing a Cblue Drock
On a Cblue Dbus
Doing a Cblue Drock
CC’mon, Dyeah
Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill
DThis is the end
 CBeautiful Dfriend
This is the end
 CMy only Dfriend, the end
It Churts to Gset you Dfree
But you’ll never Cfollow Dme
The end of Claughter and Dsoft lies
The end of Cnights we Gtried to Ddie
CThis Gis the Dend
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The End

by The Doors

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The End chords

e|--------|

B|-3-2-3--|

G|--------|

D|--------|

A|--------|

E|--------|. . . .

This is the end

C D

Beautiful friend

This is the end

C D

My only friend, the end

C G D

Of our elaborate plans, the end

C G D

Of everything that stands, the end

C G D

No safety or surprise, the end

C G D

I’ll never look into your eyes...again

C D

Can you picture what will be

G7 D

So limitless and free

C D G D

Desperately in need...of some...strangers hand

C D

In a...desperate land

D C D

Lost in a romance...wilderness of pain

C D

And all the children are insane

C D

All the children are insane

C D

Waiting for the summer rain, yeah

There’s danger on the edge of town

Ride the kings highway, baby

Weird scenes inside the gold mine

Ride the highway west, baby

Ride the snake, ride the snake

To the lake, the ancient lake, baby

The snake is long, seven miles

Ride the snake...he’s old, and his skin is cold

The west is the best

Get here, and we’ll do the rest

D C D

The blue bus is calling us

D C D

The blue bus is calling us

D C D

Driver, where you’ve taken us

(spoken) D

The killer awoke before dawn, he put his boots on

He took a face from the ancient gallery

And he walked on down the hall

He went into the room where his sister lived, and...then he

Paid a visit to his brother, and then he

He walked on down the hall, and

And he came to a door...and he looked inside

Father, yes son, I want to kill you

Mother...I want to...fuck you

C’mon baby, take a chance with us

C D

And meet me at the back of the blue bus

C D

Doing a blue rock

C D

On a blue bus

C D

Doing a blue rock

C D

C’mon, yeah

Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill

This is the end

C D

Beautiful friend

This is the end

C D

My only friend, the end

C G D

It hurts to set you free

C D

But you’ll never follow me

C D

The end of laughter and soft lies

C G D

The end of nights we tried to die

C G D

This is the end

Set8

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