(it sounds better, in my opinion, to play those chords open) Intro: B5 , G5 , E5 , F#5 X4 B5 G5 E5 B5 All the kids have run inside grabbed a spot under the stairs G5 E5 B5 they've barricaded all the windows and rigged the doorknobs shut with chairs G5 what are they waiting for they don't know E5 B5 they just keep their fingers crossed and maybe G5 pray to mary or jesus christ E5 F#5 I can hear them knocking down the door E5 B5 F#5 E5 the wait it is over this bottle is done E5 B5 G5 F#5 B5 so we clench our fists and fight our demons B5 , G5 , E5 , F#5 X2 B5 G5 E5 B5 there's a girl with a flower pot full of dirt and bullet shells G5 E5 B5 she puts it by her window gives it sunlight restores its health G5 E5 B5 after a month or two the shells start to grow into branches of barbed wire G5 they spread across the walls the windows and the floors E5 F#5 and their grip never tires E5 B5 F#5 E5 the wait it is over this bottle is done E5 B5 G5 F#5 B5 so we clench our fists and fight our demons B5 G5 E5 F#5 B5 G5 E5 F#5 lay low lay low keep your head down lay low lay low listen for the sound G5 E5 B5 of the dusty train that's comin' to sweep us all away G5 E5 B5 I can hear the rails a rattlin' against the hectic fray so E5 B5 F#5 E5 set the bone with a cardboard split E5 B5 F#5 E5 and strike the nail against the flint E5 B5 F#5 and set the fields on fire E5 B5 E5 B5 let the devil come let him come E5 B5 F#5 I'll be waitin' for him this time E5 B5 F#5 I am stronger now and I can fight it E5 B5 F#5 I'll be waitin' at the end of the line (..I'll be wai..) E5 B5 F#5 I'll be waitin' for him this time E5 B5 F#5 I'll be waitin' for him this time E5 B5 F#5 I am stronger now and I can fight it E5 B5 F#5 I'll be waitin' at the end of the line E5 F#5 B5 E5 F#5 E5 F#5 E5 F#5 Bm. at the e-n-d of the line. at the e-n-d , at the e-n-d , at the e-n-d.