The Coming

E                   A
Jesus turned in his crown of thorns today
      E
And announced to the Earth and the heavens
               A
The end of his reign
   E
He took a seat next to the Devil and said
              A
"I need a new name"
        C#m          A
And the coming never came


[Verse 1]
   E
My whole life
            A
I fervently served him and obeyed
      E
And I walked through this world full of sinners
                   A
And I kept them at bay
               E
'Cause there's only enough room at his table
                       A
For the souls that are saved
            C#m                A
And they're coming to shut the gate
           C#m            A
You're too little and too late
        C#m                  A
And you can't get in on that name
A
But I don't buy it
B                         C#m                             A
I refuse to think that my best friend is going to Hell anymore
                              B
And condescend to offer her a key to her salvation
          C#m                        A
Like it's something I have and can afford
                                 B
And I won't blame my parents for clinging to the good word
   C#m                             A
In hopes that it makes sense of it all
                              B
And believing in a story like it was the Bible
            C#m              A
When it was just a tale made tall


[Bridge]
    E
Hey ya
    C#m
Hey ya
    A
Hey ya


[Verse 2]
      E                   A
Now I wake up to the most spirit-rattling scare
       E                   A
As I'm losing my religion, layer by layer
            E
'Cause it's triggering all of the trip lines
                     A
Of the traps and the snares
          C#m               A
It's that old device called fear
     C#m               A
That old device called fear


[Verse 3]
             E                       A
Now it's the long ride through the unknown which I embrace
        E
And the cops and the robbers
                                                  A
And the cowboys and the Indians have got the same face
        E                                          A
We just each of us doing our best to get by day by day
    C#m                A
And Heaven is yours to take
        C#m            A
And our choices day by day
         C#m                A
Bring us closer or further away


[Verse 4]
                                  B
I understood the risk that asking any kind of question
        C#m                     A
Could unravel me with one small fray
                                      B
But I looked in my closet filled with ignorance, intolerance
      C#m                      A
And a fear that was turning to hate
                                 B
But that is not the meaning or intention of the teaching
       C#m                          A
Or the truth from which the message came
                                B
And I can't turn a blind eye to centuries of conflict
    C#m               A
And wrongdoing in his name
       C#m
In his name

In his name


[Bridge]
    E
Hey ya
    C#m
Hey ya
    A
Hey ya


[Outro]

E                   A
Jesus turned in his crown of thorns today
      E
And announced to the Earth and the heavens
               A
The end of his reign
   E
He took a seat next to the Devil and said
              A
"I need a new name"
        C#m          A
And the coming never came