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 F# 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, Bm well it comes yeah it comes F# With the bittersweet pang of remorse and pain Em A Till the judgment is made Bm 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 F# 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 Bm To hate me for what I’ve done Em A I 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# Bm I’ll be forgiven on judgment day Em A Tell my wife in our yard Bm Buried underneath the pine Em A There's a shoebox full of money Bm of which I never earned a dime Em F# Use it to start over, Bm the way things should have been F# 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# end on Bm When they flip the switch, please do not stay I couldn't bear for you to remember me this way