Murder By Death – Big Sleep chords

       Bm         EmAt the end of the road
         A        BmHe calls everyone home
        Bm           EmAnd the fire will consume us
         F#             Striking through to the bone

       Bm         EmAt the end of the road 
         A               Bmyou will sleep, hear him call
       Bm            Em as the congregations crumble 
        F#           Bmand the chapels will fall

        Em            AAnd the taste on your tongue, 
        Bmwell it comes yeah it comes
                             F#With the bittersweet pang of remorse and pain

         Em          ATill the judgment is made
    BmThe prosecution’s won

The gavel has fallen
    F#         BmAnd justice is done


Interlude:
Bm Em A Bm Em F#

Bm            EmThe courtroom clears
         A            BmI’m left alone on the bench
Bm                   EmMy wife and children gone
  F#Along with the defense
    Em               A          BmThe bailiff leads me back to my cell
         Bm        F#             BmLike the riverman, ferrying me to Hell

        Em         A    I can’t blame ‘em, no
   Bm            To hate me for what I’ve done
            Em                AI 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#       BmI’ll be forgiven on judgment day

        Em          ATell my wife in our yard
       BmBuried underneath the pine
          Em              AThere's a shoebox full of money 
           Bmof which I never earned a dime
Em        F#Use it to start over, 
    Bmthe way things should have been
            F#Live honest, and love again

        Em            F#      BmTell 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