The End

I doubt if they ever played this song the same way any two times.  The file I attached is about as close to the studio version (tabbed) as it gets, except the "Oedipus section" is left out.


If you have a valved harp, play -7' instead of 7.

 -4  -4 -4  -4
This is the end

 -5  -5  5    -4
Beau-ti-ful friend

 -4  -4 -4  -4
This is the end

-5 -5 4    -4    -5  -4
My on-ly friend, the end

5  -5  6   5     4    -4    -5  -4
Of our e- la- b'rate plans, the end

5  -5  6   5     4    -4     -5  -4
Of ev-'ry-thing that stands, the end

5   -5  6   5    4   -4    -5  -4
No safe-ty  or  sur-prise, the end

 6   6  -5   6    6 6   -5  -4   -5 -4
I'll ne-ver look in-to your eyes  a-gain



-4  -4  -6   -6   -6   -6  6
Can you pic-ture what will be

-6 6  -7 -6   6   -5   -4
 So   li-mit-less and free

 6     6   6  6  6 -4
Des-p'rate-ly in need 

-5  -5   -5    4    -4
Of some stran-gers hand

-5  -5 -7    -6    -5
In  a  des-p'rate land


 -4  -4  4 -4  -4  -5   -5  -5  5  -4
Lost in  a Ro- man wild-er-ness of pain

 4  -4   4   -5    4  -5  4  -4
And all the child-ren are in-sane

-4   4    -4  -4  -5  4  -4
All the child-ren are in-sane

 -7   6   6   6   -7  -7  -7   -7 6
Wait-ing for the sum-mer rain, yeah


  4      -5 -4  -4  4   -4  -4  -4
There's dan-ger on the edge of town

 -4   4   -4     -4   3
Ride the king's high-way

 -5     -5   -4  -5  -4   -5   -4
Weird scenes in-side the gold mine

 -4   4   -4  -4   -4   -4 3
Ride the high-way west, ba-by


 -4   4   -4     -4   4   -4
Ride the snake, ride the snake

-4  4   -4    4  -4  -4    -4   4  4
To the lake, the an-cient lake, ba-by

 4   -4   -4  -4   -4 -4   -4
The snake is long, se-ven miles

 4   -4
He's old 

 4   4   -4  -4  -4
And his skin is cold

 4   -5  4  -4  -4 3
The west is the best



 (Spoken)
Get here, and we'll do the rest


-4   -4  -5  -4   6  -5  -4
The blue bus is call-in' us

-4   -4  -5  -4   6  -5  -4
The blue bus is call-in' us

 -4   -4   -4   -4  -5  4   -4
Driv-er, where you tak-in' us



 (Spoken)
The killer awoke before dawn
He put his boots on
He took a face from the ancient gallery
And he walked on down the hall
He went into the room 
Where his sister lived 
And then he
Paid a visit to his brother 
And then he
He walked on down the hall, and
And he came to a door 
And he looked inside
Father. Yes, son. I want to kill you
Mother, I want to...

-4 -4  -4 4    -4  4   -4    4   -4
C'-mon ba-by, take a chance with us

-4 -4  -4 4    -4  4   -4    4   -4
C'-mon ba-by, take a chance with us

4  -4  -5 5    -5  5   -5    -6  -5 -4
C'-mon ba-by, take a chance with us and

 -6  -5 -5  5   -5  -6 -5
Meet me at the back of the 

 -6  -5  -6  -5
Blue bus to-night

 -6  -5  -6  -5
Blue rock, gon-na

 -6  -5  -6  -5
Blue bus to-night

 -6   7
Blue bus

7   7   7 -4
C'-mon, yeah



 -4  -4 -4  -4
This is the end

 -5  -5  5    -4
Beau-ti-ful friend

 -4  -4 -4  -4
This is the end

-5 -5 4    -4    -5  -4
My on-ly friend, the end

5   -5   6   5  -5   -4
It hurts to set you free

-4    -4   -4 -4  -5  4   -4
But you'll ne-ver fol-low me

-4   6  -5   -4  -4  -4   -5   -4
The end of laugh-ter and soft lies

-4   -4 4    -5   4   -5   4  -4
The end of nights we tried to die

 -4  4  -3'  -3' -2
This is the   end