Chords for Gary S. Paxton - When the Meat Wagon Comes for You
Tempo:
124.7 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
F#
B
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F#]
[B] Hey you, [F#] don't turn your back on me.
[A#] [B] I'm talking to you.
[F#]
I see you tearing out your hair from the ulcers in your stomach that are caused [G#] by those [C#] problems in your head.
I see you [F#] trying to look younger all the while you're getting older and [G#] you're somewhere between alive [C#] and dead.
[B] I see you put [F#] on false disguises that don't even fool your mirror.
Then [F#m] you take another step toward your grave.
And I can't help but wonder what [F#] your soul is gonna do when that big [C#] wagon comes for [F#] you.
[B] Now here rolling toward you is [F#] a close and far away.
[B] And you hear it's sirens [F#] and see it flash your lights.
[B] Well it may pass you this time [F#] but someday it's gonna stop [G#] and pick up your remain.
Cause time [C#] has got you in its sights.
I see [D#m] you biting off your nails while you're hammering those others [B] that you eat [F#m] and smoke and drink and drive [F#] and chew.
[B] And I can't help but worry what [F#] your soul is gonna do when that big [C#] wagon comes for [F#]
you.
[B] [F#] Here it comes [B] boy.
[G]
Woo!
[Dm] Here it comes.
[G]
[Em] [G] [C]
[Am] [Gm] [A] You're not worrying now but your [G] time's a coming baby.
[A]
[G] Now you better think about it son.
[D] Woo!
[C]
[C] [G] [C]
[Bm]
[C#] [G] [B] [G]
You're gonna [Em] be into a bad wreck.
[A]
[Am] I see [G] you prophesying, [G] dream, and predict each other's future while [C] you wallow in [Am] mistakes of [G] yesterday.
I hear you talk about today and pretend there's no tomorrow while [A] you waste those precious hours on [D] the way.
[E] I see you [G] gamble on the chance that when you're dead you're dead but that inner you keeps tearing [D] you in two.
[C] And I can't help but worry what [G] your soul is gonna do when that big wagon comes for you.
[C] Hey here rolling toward you [G] is a close and [Em] far away.
And you hear it's sirens and see it's flashing lights.
[C] Well it may pass you this time [G] but someday it will stop [A] and pick up your remains cause [D] time has got you in its sights.
I [G] see you maim and kill each other sometimes in the name of Christian.
[C] But the Jesus I know sees the [Gm] things you do.
[G] [C] And he can't help but wonder [G] what your soul is gonna do when your [C] meat wagon comes [G] for you.
[C] Hey we can't help but worry [G] what your soul is gonna do when your meat [A] wagon comes for you.
Hear it coming now.
[C] Roll [Em] them dry bones [A] on out to the [G] graveyard there son.
[Em] Get your [C] little 6 by [G] 6 hole mighty dark in there.
[A]
It's coming [G] now get your.
[Am] [G]
[C] [E] Hear it coming.
[C]
[C]
[G] Alright.
Alright.
[B] Hey you, [F#] don't turn your back on me.
[A#] [B] I'm talking to you.
[F#]
I see you tearing out your hair from the ulcers in your stomach that are caused [G#] by those [C#] problems in your head.
I see you [F#] trying to look younger all the while you're getting older and [G#] you're somewhere between alive [C#] and dead.
[B] I see you put [F#] on false disguises that don't even fool your mirror.
Then [F#m] you take another step toward your grave.
And I can't help but wonder what [F#] your soul is gonna do when that big [C#] wagon comes for [F#] you.
[B] Now here rolling toward you is [F#] a close and far away.
[B] And you hear it's sirens [F#] and see it flash your lights.
[B] Well it may pass you this time [F#] but someday it's gonna stop [G#] and pick up your remain.
Cause time [C#] has got you in its sights.
I see [D#m] you biting off your nails while you're hammering those others [B] that you eat [F#m] and smoke and drink and drive [F#] and chew.
[B] And I can't help but worry what [F#] your soul is gonna do when that big [C#] wagon comes for [F#]
you.
[B] [F#] Here it comes [B] boy.
[G]
Woo!
[Dm] Here it comes.
[G]
[Em] [G] [C]
[Am] [Gm] [A] You're not worrying now but your [G] time's a coming baby.
[A]
[G] Now you better think about it son.
[D] Woo!
[C]
[C] [G] [C]
[Bm]
[C#] [G] [B] [G]
You're gonna [Em] be into a bad wreck.
[A]
[Am] I see [G] you prophesying, [G] dream, and predict each other's future while [C] you wallow in [Am] mistakes of [G] yesterday.
I hear you talk about today and pretend there's no tomorrow while [A] you waste those precious hours on [D] the way.
[E] I see you [G] gamble on the chance that when you're dead you're dead but that inner you keeps tearing [D] you in two.
[C] And I can't help but worry what [G] your soul is gonna do when that big wagon comes for you.
[C] Hey here rolling toward you [G] is a close and [Em] far away.
And you hear it's sirens and see it's flashing lights.
[C] Well it may pass you this time [G] but someday it will stop [A] and pick up your remains cause [D] time has got you in its sights.
I [G] see you maim and kill each other sometimes in the name of Christian.
[C] But the Jesus I know sees the [Gm] things you do.
[G] [C] And he can't help but wonder [G] what your soul is gonna do when your [C] meat wagon comes [G] for you.
[C] Hey we can't help but worry [G] what your soul is gonna do when your meat [A] wagon comes for you.
Hear it coming now.
[C] Roll [Em] them dry bones [A] on out to the [G] graveyard there son.
[Em] Get your [C] little 6 by [G] 6 hole mighty dark in there.
[A]
It's coming [G] now get your.
[Am] [G]
[C] [E] Hear it coming.
[C]
[C]
[G] Alright.
Alright.
Key:
G
C
F#
B
A
G
C
F#
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] Hey you, [F#] don't turn your back on me.
[A#] [B] I'm talking to you.
[F#] _
I see you tearing out your hair from the ulcers in your stomach that are caused [G#] by those [C#] problems in your head.
_ I see you [F#] trying to look younger all the while you're getting older and [G#] you're somewhere between alive [C#] and dead.
[B] I see you put [F#] on false disguises that don't even fool your mirror.
Then [F#m] you take another step toward your grave.
_ And I can't help but wonder what [F#] your soul is gonna do when that big [C#] wagon comes for [F#] you.
_ _ [B] Now here rolling toward you is [F#] a close and far away.
[B] And you hear it's sirens [F#] and see it flash your lights.
[B] Well it may pass you this time [F#] but someday it's gonna stop [G#] and pick up your remain.
Cause time [C#] has got you in its sights.
I see [D#m] you biting off your nails while you're hammering those others [B] that you eat [F#m] and smoke and drink and drive [F#] and chew.
_ _ [B] And I can't help but worry what [F#] your soul is gonna do when that big [C#] wagon comes for [F#]
you.
[B] _ _ [F#] Here it comes [B] boy.
_ [G]
Woo!
_ [Dm] Here it comes.
_ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ [Am] _ _ [Gm] [A] You're not worrying now but your [G] time's a coming baby.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] Now you better think about it son.
_ [D] Woo!
_ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ [G] _ [B] _ _ _ [G]
You're gonna [Em] be into a bad wreck.
_ [A] _ _ _
_ [Am] I see [G] you prophesying, [G] dream, and predict each other's future while [C] you wallow in [Am] mistakes of [G] yesterday.
_ I hear you talk about today and pretend there's no tomorrow while [A] you waste those precious hours on [D] the way.
[E] I see you [G] gamble on the chance that when you're dead you're dead but that inner you keeps tearing [D] you in two.
_ [C] And I can't help but worry what [G] your soul is gonna do when that big wagon comes for you.
_ [C] Hey here rolling toward you [G] is a close and [Em] far away.
And you hear it's sirens and see it's flashing lights.
[C] Well it may pass you this time [G] but someday it will stop [A] and pick up your remains cause [D] time has got you in its sights.
I [G] see you maim and kill each other sometimes in the name of Christian.
[C] But the Jesus I know sees the [Gm] things you do.
[G] _ [C] And he can't help but wonder [G] what your soul is gonna do when your [C] meat wagon comes [G] for you.
_ [C] Hey we can't help but worry [G] what your soul is gonna do when your meat [A] wagon comes for you.
_ Hear it coming now. _ _ _
_ [C] Roll [Em] them dry bones [A] on out to the [G] graveyard there son.
_ [Em] Get your [C] little 6 by [G] 6 hole mighty dark in there.
_ [A] _ _ _
_ It's coming [G] now get your.
[Am] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [E] Hear it coming.
[C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ Alright. _ _ _
Alright. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] Hey you, [F#] don't turn your back on me.
[A#] [B] I'm talking to you.
[F#] _
I see you tearing out your hair from the ulcers in your stomach that are caused [G#] by those [C#] problems in your head.
_ I see you [F#] trying to look younger all the while you're getting older and [G#] you're somewhere between alive [C#] and dead.
[B] I see you put [F#] on false disguises that don't even fool your mirror.
Then [F#m] you take another step toward your grave.
_ And I can't help but wonder what [F#] your soul is gonna do when that big [C#] wagon comes for [F#] you.
_ _ [B] Now here rolling toward you is [F#] a close and far away.
[B] And you hear it's sirens [F#] and see it flash your lights.
[B] Well it may pass you this time [F#] but someday it's gonna stop [G#] and pick up your remain.
Cause time [C#] has got you in its sights.
I see [D#m] you biting off your nails while you're hammering those others [B] that you eat [F#m] and smoke and drink and drive [F#] and chew.
_ _ [B] And I can't help but worry what [F#] your soul is gonna do when that big [C#] wagon comes for [F#]
you.
[B] _ _ [F#] Here it comes [B] boy.
_ [G]
Woo!
_ [Dm] Here it comes.
_ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ [Am] _ _ [Gm] [A] You're not worrying now but your [G] time's a coming baby.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] Now you better think about it son.
_ [D] Woo!
_ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ [G] _ [B] _ _ _ [G]
You're gonna [Em] be into a bad wreck.
_ [A] _ _ _
_ [Am] I see [G] you prophesying, [G] dream, and predict each other's future while [C] you wallow in [Am] mistakes of [G] yesterday.
_ I hear you talk about today and pretend there's no tomorrow while [A] you waste those precious hours on [D] the way.
[E] I see you [G] gamble on the chance that when you're dead you're dead but that inner you keeps tearing [D] you in two.
_ [C] And I can't help but worry what [G] your soul is gonna do when that big wagon comes for you.
_ [C] Hey here rolling toward you [G] is a close and [Em] far away.
And you hear it's sirens and see it's flashing lights.
[C] Well it may pass you this time [G] but someday it will stop [A] and pick up your remains cause [D] time has got you in its sights.
I [G] see you maim and kill each other sometimes in the name of Christian.
[C] But the Jesus I know sees the [Gm] things you do.
[G] _ [C] And he can't help but wonder [G] what your soul is gonna do when your [C] meat wagon comes [G] for you.
_ [C] Hey we can't help but worry [G] what your soul is gonna do when your meat [A] wagon comes for you.
_ Hear it coming now. _ _ _
_ [C] Roll [Em] them dry bones [A] on out to the [G] graveyard there son.
_ [Em] Get your [C] little 6 by [G] 6 hole mighty dark in there.
_ [A] _ _ _
_ It's coming [G] now get your.
[Am] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [C] _ _ [E] Hear it coming.
[C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ Alright. _ _ _
Alright. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _