(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.