Date: Mon, November 16 1998
From: Peter Ferragine (pferragine@interhop.net)
Group: Offspring
Album: Americana
Released: 1998 columbia records
Track: 9
Title: the end of the line

pm - palm mute
: - let ring


intro

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verse
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chorus - this riff is also used in the bridge but with palm muting

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|-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-2-2-2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-

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outro

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lyrics

when the siren's flash is gone and we're left to carry on
all the memories are too few
when the pastor's music plays and that casket rolls away
i could live again if you just stay alive for me
please stay now, you've left me here alone - it's the end of the line
please stay i can't make it on my own - it's the end of the line
make it one my own - it's the end of the line
now that you are dead and gone and i'm left to carry on
i could never smile cause you won't stay alive for me
finally, your final resting day is without me
i weep, and think of brighter days what about me?
you can't take back, the one mistake that still lives on after life it takes
in that one day, that changed our lives and bitter memories are left behind