The Man Comes Around
Key of C
Intro: (spoken)
And I heard as it were the noise of thunder,
One of the four beasts saying: 'Come and see'
and I saw, and behold a white horse
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C C C
There's a man goin' round takin' names
C C
And he decides who to free and who to blame
C C
Everybody won't be treated all the same
Am Am F
There'll be a golden ladder reaching down
G C C C C
When the Man comes around
C C C
The hairs on your arm will stand up
C C
At the terror in his sip and in his sup
C C
Will you partake of that last offered cup
Am Am F
Or disappear into the potters' ground
G C C C
When the Man comes around
Chorus:
C C C
Hear the trumpets, hear the pipers
C C
One hundred million angels singing
F G G
Multitudes are marching to the big kettle drum
G G
Voices calling, voices crying
G G
Some are born and some are dying
C C
It's Alpha and Omega's kingdom come.
F C C C
And the whirlwind is in the thorn tree
C C
And the virgins are all trimming their wicks
F C C
The whirlwind is in the thorn tree
C C
It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks
instr: C C
C C C
'Till armageddon no shalam no shalom
C C
Then the father-hen will call his chickens home
C C
The wise men will bow down before the throne
am am F
And at his feet they'll cast their golden crowns
G C C C
When the Man comes around
C C
Whoever is unjust let him be unjust still
C C
Whoever is righteous let him be righteous still
C C
Whoever is filthy let him be filthy still
Am Am F
Listen to the words long written down
G C C C
When the Man comes around
[repeat chorus]
C Am Am F
In measured hundredweight and penny pound
G C
When the Man comes around.
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Outro: (spoken)
And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts,
and I looked and behold a pale horse and his name
that sat on him was death, and hell followed with him.
