Standard (EADGBE)

 At the end of the road

 He calls everyone home

 And the fire will consume us

 Striking through to the bone

 At the end of the road

 you will sleep, hear him call

 as the congregations crumble

 and the chapels will fall

 And the taste on your tongue,

 well it comes yeah it comes

 With the bittersweet pang of remorse and pain

 Till the judgment is made

 The prosecution’s won

The gavel has fallen

 And justice is done

Interlude

The courtroom clears

 I’m left alone on the bench

My wife and children gone

 Along with the defense

 The bailiff leads me back to my cell

 Like the riverman, ferrying me to Hell

 I can’t blame ‘em, no

 To hate me for what I’ve done

 I hear them whispering in the hall

 “you’ll live and die by the gun”

 All I can do is sit here and pray

 I’ll be forgiven on judgment day

 Tell my wife in our yard

 Buried underneath the pine

 There's a shoebox full of money

 of which I never earned a dime

Use it to start over,

 the way things should have been

 Live honest, and love again

 Tell my wife, tell my kids, I never meant for this to happen

Interlude

end on

When they flip the switch,

please do not stay

I couldn't bear for you

to remember me this way