Key: Em
Introduction: Em Em Em Em
Em
There in my memory
G
Just on periphery
Am C
Loose-knit like gauze on the centerline
Em D C
The broke-down cobblestone drive, the Black Mariah
Em
For when it comes for you
G
Nothing be done for you
Am C
Write down your name on the bottom line
Em D C
Shut up your mouth, son: here's the Black Mariah
Am Em
The Black Mariah comes for us all
D C
Can't you hear their boots in the hall?
Em D C
Answer your name when they call the Black Mariah
Em
The Black Mariah
Em
Where are the neighbors?
G
The boot-blacking laborers'
Am C
Windows are dark and the shutters drawn
Em D C
The only lone souls who roam are all pariahs
Em
Turn down your lantern light
G
Set your affairs to right
Am C
Put out the prayers that you mumble on
Em D C
'Cause everyone is an enemy come the Black Mariah
Am Em
The Black Mariah comes for us all
D C
Line the muck with their backs to the wall
Em D C
It's gone by the time they all fall, the Black Mariah
Em
The Black Mariah
Am Em
The Black Mariah comes for us all
D C
Can't you hear their boots in the hall?
Em D C
Answer your name when they call the Black Mariah
Em
The Black Mariah
Em
There in my memory
G
Just on periphery
Am C
Loose-knit like gauze on the centerline
Em D C C2 Em
The broke-down cobblestone drive, the Black Mariah