C
there's a man going around taking names 
and he decides who to free and who to blame 
everybody won't be treated all the same
                                   B    Am       
there will be a golden ladder reaching down
F         G
when the man comes around

the hairs on your arm will stand up 
at the terror in each sip and in  each sup 
will you partake of that last offered cup 
or disappear into the potter's ground
when the man comes around


C
hear the trumpets hear the pipers 
one hundred million angels singing
                              F   C      G
multitudes are marching to a big kettledrum
voices calling and voices crying
some are born and some are dying
                              C
its alpha and omegas kingdom come
          F                   C
and the whirlwind is in the thorn trees 	(up)

the virgins are all trimming their wicks 	(lower)
       F                  C	
the whirlwind is in the thorn trees			 (up)
it's hard for thee to kick against the pricks 	(lower)

till armageddon no shalam no shalom			 ( 1:nd)

in measured hundred weight and penny pound ( 2:nd)
when the man comes around



then the father hen will call his chicken's home
the wise man will bow down before the throne 
and at his feet they'll cast the golden crowns
when the man comes around

whoever is unjust let him be unjust still
whoever is righteous let him be righteous still
whoever is filthy let him be filthy still
listen to the words long written down
when the man comes around

hear the trumpets hear the pipers ..........