Death A Waiting

(Bluesy acoustic riff – slow, swampy, E minor, let it drag)

Verse 1

Calloused hands / working ’til dawn

Boss don’t care / I’m just pawn

Check to check / living ain’t for the weak

Feet in the mud / knees feeling weak

Chorus

Ol’ Death’s waiting at the doorway

Mmm hmm, gonna take us all

Laughing while we stumble

No one gets out whole

Ol’ Death’s waiting at the doorway

Mmm hmm, gonna take us all

Verse 2

Preacher man’s fire / can’t warm my hands

Devil whispers deals / I can’t withstand

Searching for God / but he’s gone

If he don’t show / I’m dead before dawn

Oh Lord, can’t you see

I’m selling pieces of me to survive

Chorus

Ol’ Death’s waiting at the doorway

Mmm hmm, gonna take us all

Laughing while we stumble

No one gets out whole

Ol’ Death’s waiting at the doorway

Mmm hmm, gonna take us all

Bridge

Bills stacked high like tombstones

Kids staring at empty bowls

Every night / the shadows grow

Money don’t buy a damn thing

But try telling that to a hungry soul

Chorus / Outro

Ol’ Death’s waiting at the doorway

Mmm hmm, gonna take us all

Laughing while we stumble

No one gets out whole

Ol’ Death’s waiting at the doorway

Mmm hmm, gonna take us all

(Blues solo – E minor, bent strings, slow and mournful, fade with a moan on each chord)