| A | EADGBE X02220 | G | EADGBE 320033 | G# | EADGBE 466544 | Am7 | EADGBE X02010 | Am/G | EADGBE 3X2210 |
| C | EADGBE 332010 | Eb | EADGBE XX5343 | Bb | EADGBE X13331 | G#m | EADGBE 466444 | Dsus4 | EADGBE XX0233 |
| D | EADGBE XX0232 | Gm | EADGBE 355333 | Cm | EADGBE X35543 | C/B | EADGBE X20010 | Emdim6 | EADGBE 022010 |
| F | EADGBE 133211 | F# | EADGBE 244322 | Am | EADGBE X02210 | Em6 | EADGBE 022020 | ||
| B | EADGBE X24442 | Bm | EADGBE X24432 | Em | EADGBE 022000 | Em7 | EADGBE 022030 |
INTRO: Em Em7 Em6 Emdim6
Em Em7 Em6 Emdim6
Em Em7 Em6 Emdim6 Em
My death waits like an old rou�
Em7 Em6 Emdim6 Em
So confident I'll go his way
Em7 Em6 Emdim6 D Dsus4 D
Whistle to him and the passing time
G Am7 A G
My death waits like a bible truth
Am F Am Am/G
At the funeral of my youth
F G
We drank for that and the passing time
G#m F# G#m
My death waits like a witch at night
F# G#m
As surely as our love is bright
F# B
Let's not think of that or the passing time
CHORUS 1:
Em D
But what ever lies behind the door
C C/B B
There is nothing much to do
Em D
Angel or devil, I don't care
C C/B Am Am/G B
For in front of that door, there is you
BREAK: Bb C
Gm
My death waits like a beggar blind
Who sees the world through an unlit mind
F
Throw him a dime for the passing time
Bb C Bb
My death waits to allow my friends
G# Cm
A few good times before it ends
G# Bb
Ah, let's not think about the passing time
Bm A Bm
My death waits there between your thighs
A Bm
Your cool fingers will close my eyes
A F#
Let's not think about the passing time
CHORUS 2:
Gm F
But what ever lies behind the door
Eb D
There is nothing much to do
Gm F
Angel or devil, I don't care
Eb D
For in front of that door, there is you
Gm
My death waits there among the leaves
In magicians' mysterious sleeves
F
Rabbits and dogs and the passing time
Bb C Bb
My death waits there among the flowers
G# Cm
Where the blackest shadow cowers
G# Bb
So let's pick lilacs for the passing time
Bm A Bm
My death waits there in a double bed
A Bm
Sails of oblivion at my head
A F#
Let's not think about the passing time
CHORUS 3:
Gm F
But what ever lies behind the door
Eb D
There is nothing much to do
Gm F
Angel or devil, I don't care
Eb D
For in front of that door...there is you
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