(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.
