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End Of The Line (WORD)
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You can play along with the video, except that I've cut out the opening and closing instrumental chords for ease of play at BUG! Thanks to Chris Hill for introducing BUG to this song and to the other Traveling Wilburys' song in our BUG Song Library, "Handle With Care".
"End of the Line" was also issued in January 1989 as the band's second single. The recording features all the Wilburys except Bob Dylan as lead singers; George Harrison, Jeff Lynne and Roy Orbison sing the choruses in turn, while Tom Petty sings the verses. The song was mainly written by Harrison and was assigned to his publishing company, Umlaut Corporation. However, all five members of the group received a songwriting credit in keeping with the collaborative concept behind the Wilburys project.
The music video for "End of the Line" was directed by Willy Smax and filmed in Los Angeles in December 1988. Set in a moving passenger carriage pulled by a steam locomotive, it features Dylan, Harrison, and Lynne playing guitar, Petty playing bass, and session musician Jim Keltner (credited as Buster Sidebury on the albums) playing drums with brushes. As Orbison had died after recording his vocals but before the video was shot, his guitar is shown sitting in a rocking chair inside the carriage, and a photo of Orbison is shown when his vocals are heard.