IntroEmGDAVerse 1EmG
There's an old man living in the back of you woods tonight.
DA
You forgot he was even there, but you've never slipped his mind.
EmG
He's living off of scraps of you, you never knew you left behind.
DA
And as the sun goes down, he rises with a smile.
ChorusAC
He's waiting on the night to fall.
G
The old man's coming to call,
DEm
But you don's see the writing on the wall.
C
He'll never step out in the light;
G
no he's just biding time.
DB
And while you slumber, hes gonna come and take it all.
C
He's waiting on the night to fall,
GDA
He's waiting on the night to fall.
Verse 2EmG
He knows you have the answers but truth lies dusty on your shelf.
DA
And the sword that you could slay him with has become an ornament
and nothing else.
Em
You could put him back down in his hole in the ground,
G
but he knows you never will.
DA
He's been around so long, you got used to the smell.
ChorusAC
He's waiting on the night to fall.
G
The old man's coming to call,
DEm
But you don's see the writing on the wall.
C
He'll never step out in the light;
G
no he's just biding time.
DB
And while you slumber, hes gonna come and take it all.
C
He's waiting on the night to fall,
GDA
He's waiting on the night to fall.
BridgeCEm
He knows he'll never have your soul, but he will gladly rob you blind.
DA
While you feasting at his table he'll tie you hands and numb you mind.
CEm
He'll take you farther than you want to go, he'll keep you longer
D
than you wan to stay. And it will cost you
A
more than you'd ever thought you'd pay.
ChorusAC
He's waiting on the night to fall.
G
The old man's coming to call,
DEm
But you don's see the writing on the wall.
C
He'll never step out in the light;
G
no he's just biding time.
DB
And while you slumber, hes gonna come and take it all.
Em
He's waiting on the night to fall.
CGDEm
He's waiting on the night to fall.
CGAEm
He's waiting on the night , He's waiting on the night to fall.
CGD
The old man's coming to call, but you don't see the writing on the wall.
EmG
He's waiting on the night , he's waiting on the night to fall.
AEm
He's waiting on the night to fall.
GDAGDA
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