Am
F
G
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B ----------1------------
C/G
There's a man, goin' 'round, takin' names
C/G
And he decides, who to free, and who to blame
C/G
Everybody, won't be treated, all the same
C
Am
F
There'll be a golden ladder, reaching down.
F
G
C/G
When the man comes around.
C/G
The hairs, on your arm, will stand up
C/G
At the terror, in each sip, and each sup
C/G
Will you partake of that last offered cup?
C/G
Am
F
Or disappear, into the potter's ground?
F
G
C/G
When the man comes around.
(playing notes: the chorus is played without muted strumming pattern of the verse)
C
Hear the trumpets, hear the pipers
C
One hundred million angels singin'
C
F
C
G
Multitudes are marchin' to a big kettledrum
G
Voices callin', voices cryin'
G
Some are born and some are dyin'
G
C
It's Alpha and Omega Kingdom come
(playing notes: only the C/G part is played with the verse strum pattern, and the
C
F
C
And the whirlwind is in the thorn trees
C/G
And the virgins are all trimming their wicks
C
F
C
The whirlwind in the thorn trees
C/G
It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks
C/G
Till Armageddon no shalom, no shalom
C/G
Then the father hen will call his chicken's home
C/G
The wise man will bow down before the throne
C/G
Am
F
And at his feet they will cast the golden crowns…
F
G
C/G
When the man comes around.
C/G
Whoever is unjust let him be unjust still
C/G
Whoever is righteous let him be righteous still
C/G
Whoever is filthy let him be filthy still
C/G
Am
F
Listen to the words long written down
F
G
C
When the man comes around
C
Hear the trumpets, hear the pipers
C
One hundred million angels singing
C
F
C
G
Multitudes are marchin' to a big kettledrum
G
Voices callin', voices cryin'
G
Some are born and some are dyin'
G
C
It's Alpha and Omega Kingdom come
C
F
C
And the whirlwind is in the thorn trees
C/G
And the virgins are all trimming their wicks
C
F
C
The whirlwind in the thorn trees
C/G
It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks
C/G
Am
F
In measured hundred weight and penny pound
F
G
C/G
When the Man comes around.