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THE BIG SLEEP
By: Murder By Death
from the album In Bocca Al Lupo
At the Bmend of the Emroad
He calls Aeveryone Bmhome
And the Bmfire will conEmsume us
Striking F#through to the bone
At the Bmend of the Emroad 
you will Asleep, hear him Bmcall
as the Bmcongregations Emcrumble 
and the F#chapels will Bmfall
And the Emtaste on your Atongue, 
well it Bmcomes yeah it comes
With the bittersweet pang of F#remorse and pain
Till the Emjudgment is Amade
The Bmprosecution’s won
The gavel has fallen
And F#justice is Bmdone
Interlude:
Bm Em A Bm Em F#
BmThe courtroom Emclears
I’m left Aalone on the Bmbench
BmMy wife and children Emgone
AlF#ong with the defense
The Embailiff leads me Aback to my Bmcell
Like the Bmriverman, F#ferrying me to BmHell
I can’t Emblame ‘em, Ano
To Bmhate me for what I’ve done
I hear them Emwhispering in the Ahall
“you’ll live and Bmdie by the gun”
All EmI can do is Asit here and Bmpray
I’ll be Bmforgiven on F#judgment Bmday
Tell my Emwife in our Ayard
Buried Bmunderneath the pine
There's a Emshoebox full of Amoney 
of which I Bmnever earned a dime
EmUse it to F#start over, 
the Bmway things should have been
Live honest, F#and love again
Tell my Emwife, tell my F#kids, I Bmnever 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

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Big Sleep

by Murder by Death

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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

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,

well it comes yeah it comes

With the bittersweet pang of remorse and pain

Em A

Till the judgment is made

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

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

To hate me for what I’ve done

Em A

I hear them whispering in the hall

“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

Buried underneath the pine

Em A

There's a shoebox full of money

of which I never earned a dime

Em F#

Use it to start over,

the way things should have been

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# Bm

end on

When they flip the switch,

please do not stay

I couldn't bear for you

to remember me this way

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