First to Judgement Day

This is a TWOFER, since you get two songs one after the other for the price of one visit!
I wrote the rather apocalyptic song "First" at the beginning of February (2024) in response to a FAWM prompt of the same title. Then, towards the end of FAWM, another prompt challenged us to return to an earlier song and write a follow up. I chose to turn the whole idea of the first song into a nightmare from which the narrator awakes. But, unfortunately, he wakes his wife... and the second song deals with that.
LYRICS & CHORDS
"FIRST"
(Am) First there was the silence
That (G) swallowed every (Am) sound
Then there came a howling
Of a (G) frightened far off (Am) hound
The (F) ground began to tremble
The (C) trees began to sway
(G) Bricks began to tumble
Someone (F) shouted: (G) "Judgement (Am) day!"
Judgement (F) day! Judgement (C) day!
As (G) bricks began to tumble
Someone (F) shouted: (G) "Judgement (Am) day!"
(Am) First there came the nervousness
He (G) grabbed her by the (Am) hand
The sky seemed charged, electric,
(G) Riven in dark blue (Am) bands
Her (F) eyes threw back his terror
As the (C) road began to sway
(G) More convinced that they now were
(F) Faced with (G) judgement (Am) day
Judgement (F) day! Judgement (C) day!
(G) More convinced that they now were
(F) Faced with (G) judgement (Am) day
 
(Am) First the stench of earth arose
As (G) cracks did open (Am) wide
Screams were heard as one by one
(G) People fell in(Am)side
He (F) gripped her ever tightly
As he (C) heard her start to pray
The (G) last resort of all who face
Their (F) private (G) judgement (Am) day.
Judgement (F) day! Judgement (Am) day!
The (G) last resort of all who face
Their (F) private (G) judgement (Am) day
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"Judgement Day" (If playing Guitar - Capo 5)
(Am) The rubble in the streets
His (Dm) weeping wife beside
The (Am) skies never opened
They were (E) glad they never died
But just (Am) then a massive dinosaur
Came (Dm) stumbling through the stream
And (F) with a scream he (G) woke up
From this (Am) terrifying dream
(C) Dreams and nightmares (G) seem so real
As (F) through the air you (C) soar
Dreams and nightmares (G) seem so real
But (F) who knows (E) what they're (Am) for?
(Am) "I dreamt it was judgement day"
He said in (Dm) terror to his spouse
"You (Am) woke me up you idiot
You`ll (E) be in the dog house!"
"It (Am) was so real!" he pleaded
(Dm) "You were there as well!"
"If I (F) can't get back to (G) sleep
I'll (Am) make your life a hell!"
CHORUS
 
(Am) He lay awake for ages
(Dm) Wondering 'bout that dream
Why the (Am) tremors and the earthquake
(E) What did it all mean?
He (Am) heard his wife's low grumbling
As he (Dm) began to drift away
(F) Knowing she would (G) not forget
And make to(Am)morrow his judgement day.

[@kolibriuker1297]

Fine song(s) and production!

[@berniarmstrong]

Thanks Ylle.

[@Threebird-vj9zu]

Nice twofer, strong clear singing as always!

[@berniarmstrong]

Thanks for listening

[@limousinlil]

It's sad that the photo at the beginning could have been taken in any number of places just now! Sober stuff, indeed, Berni .. and I love the sound of that Behringer "thingy!" Thank you, Sir!

[@berniarmstrong]

Glad you liked it, Val. That little synth is amazing. It cost €45 but it is a version in miniature of a 1980s synth that cost a thousand plus in its day.

[@Renaissance-Man-Ukulele]

Two good ones, Berni, but my mind is too preoccupied to enjoy this right now. Oops, I see by the timepiece it's almost midnight...

[@berniarmstrong]

Hope your preoccupation period is over. Do you turn into a pumpkin at midnight?