diff --git a/cfml.parsing/src/main/antlr4/cfml/CFSCRIPTParser.g4 b/cfml.parsing/src/main/antlr4/cfml/CFSCRIPTParser.g4
index fc6e813..065f17a 100644
--- a/cfml.parsing/src/main/antlr4/cfml/CFSCRIPTParser.g4
+++ b/cfml.parsing/src/main/antlr4/cfml/CFSCRIPTParser.g4
@@ -509,13 +509,20 @@ cfmlExpression
 	|   importStatement EOF
 	;
 	
-// FINAL is Lucee's immutable local; it takes the same shape as VAR and may combine
-// with it, as in `final var x = 1;`.
+// FINAL is Lucee's immutable local; it takes the same shape as VAR and may lead it, as in
+// `final var x = 1;`.
 // STATIC sits here alongside FINAL because `static x = 1;` is a declaration, not a function.
 // Without it, STATIC is only reachable as a functionModifier, so functionDeclaration wins
 // prediction and then finds no FUNCTION token -- see #63.
+//
+// The modifier only ever leads. A trailing `VAR (FINAL | STATIC)` alternative used to sit here
+// and could not match anything: both words are in the identifier rule, put there by #46 so code
+// naming a variable `final` keeps working, so `var final` matches the plain VAR alternative with
+// `final` as the identifier before the longer one is considered. That reading is the correct one
+// -- tree-sitter-cfml's corpus tests `var final = getValue();` as a local named final -- so the
+// alternative was removed rather than made reachable. See #68.
 localAssignmentExpression
-	:	(VAR | (FINAL | STATIC) VAR? | VAR (FINAL | STATIC)) left=startExpression ( (EQUALSOP otherIdentifiers)* EQUALSOP right=startExpression )? //-> ^( VARLOCAL identifier ( EQUALSOP baseExpression )? )
+	:	(VAR | (FINAL | STATIC) VAR?) left=startExpression ( (EQUALSOP otherIdentifiers)* EQUALSOP right=startExpression )? //-> ^( VARLOCAL identifier ( EQUALSOP baseExpression )? )
 	;
 	
 otherIdentifiers:
diff --git a/cfml.parsing/src/test/resources/cfml/tests/expressions/var_modifiers_68.cfc b/cfml.parsing/src/test/resources/cfml/tests/expressions/var_modifiers_68.cfc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..efb34da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cfml.parsing/src/test/resources/cfml/tests/expressions/var_modifiers_68.cfc
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+var plain = 1;
+final immutable = 2;
+static shared = 3;
+final var finalLocal = 4;
+static var staticLocal = 5;
+final = getValue();
+var final = getValue();
+static = getValue();
+var static = getValue();
diff --git a/cfml.parsing/src/test/resources/cfml/tests/expressions/var_modifiers_68.expected.txt b/cfml.parsing/src/test/resources/cfml/tests/expressions/var_modifiers_68.expected.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..15ad922
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cfml.parsing/src/test/resources/cfml/tests/expressions/var_modifiers_68.expected.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,232 @@
+/*===TOKENS===*/
+VAR                      <var>
+IDENTIFIER               <plain>
+'='                      <=>
+INTEGER_LITERAL          <1>
+';'                      <;>
+Hidden:NEWLINE                  <>
+FINAL                    <final>
+IDENTIFIER               <immutable>
+'='                      <=>
+INTEGER_LITERAL          <2>
+';'                      <;>
+Hidden:NEWLINE                  <>
+STATIC                   <static>
+IDENTIFIER               <shared>
+'='                      <=>
+INTEGER_LITERAL          <3>
+';'                      <;>
+Hidden:NEWLINE                  <>
+FINAL                    <final>
+VAR                      <var>
+IDENTIFIER               <finalLocal>
+'='                      <=>
+INTEGER_LITERAL          <4>
+';'                      <;>
+Hidden:NEWLINE                  <>
+STATIC                   <static>
+VAR                      <var>
+IDENTIFIER               <staticLocal>
+'='                      <=>
+INTEGER_LITERAL          <5>
+';'                      <;>
+Hidden:NEWLINE                  <>
+FINAL                    <final>
+'='                      <=>
+IDENTIFIER               <getValue>
+'('                      <(>
+')'                      <)>
+';'                      <;>
+Hidden:NEWLINE                  <>
+VAR                      <var>
+FINAL                    <final>
+'='                      <=>
+IDENTIFIER               <getValue>
+'('                      <(>
+')'                      <)>
+';'                      <;>
+Hidden:NEWLINE                  <>
+STATIC                   <static>
+'='                      <=>
+IDENTIFIER               <getValue>
+'('                      <(>
+')'                      <)>
+';'                      <;>
+Hidden:NEWLINE                  <>
+VAR                      <var>
+STATIC                   <static>
+'='                      <=>
+IDENTIFIER               <getValue>
+'('                      <(>
+')'                      <)>
+';'                      <;>
+Hidden:NEWLINE                  <>
+/*===TREE===*/
+(scriptBlock
+  (element
+    (statement
+      (localAssignmentExpression
+        var
+        (startExpression
+          (baseExpression (unaryExpression (memberExpression (identifier plain))))
+        )
+        =
+        (startExpression
+          (baseExpression (unaryExpression (primaryExpression (literalExpression 1))))
+        )
+      )
+      (endOfStatement ;)
+    )
+  )
+  (element
+    (statement
+      (localAssignmentExpression
+        final
+        (startExpression
+          (baseExpression (unaryExpression (memberExpression (identifier immutable))))
+        )
+        =
+        (startExpression
+          (baseExpression (unaryExpression (primaryExpression (literalExpression 2))))
+        )
+      )
+      (endOfStatement ;)
+    )
+  )
+  (element
+    (statement
+      (localAssignmentExpression
+        static
+        (startExpression
+          (baseExpression (unaryExpression (memberExpression (identifier shared))))
+        )
+        =
+        (startExpression
+          (baseExpression (unaryExpression (primaryExpression (literalExpression 3))))
+        )
+      )
+      (endOfStatement ;)
+    )
+  )
+  (element
+    (statement
+      (localAssignmentExpression
+        final
+        var
+        (startExpression
+          (baseExpression (unaryExpression (memberExpression (identifier finalLocal))))
+        )
+        =
+        (startExpression
+          (baseExpression (unaryExpression (primaryExpression (literalExpression 4))))
+        )
+      )
+      (endOfStatement ;)
+    )
+  )
+  (element
+    (statement
+      (localAssignmentExpression
+        static
+        var
+        (startExpression
+          (baseExpression (unaryExpression (memberExpression (identifier staticLocal))))
+        )
+        =
+        (startExpression
+          (baseExpression (unaryExpression (primaryExpression (literalExpression 5))))
+        )
+      )
+      (endOfStatement ;)
+    )
+  )
+  (element
+    (statement
+      (assignmentExpression
+        (startExpression
+          (baseExpression (unaryExpression (memberExpression (identifier final))))
+        )
+        =
+        (startExpression
+          (baseExpression
+            (unaryExpression
+              (memberExpression (functionCall (identifier getValue) ( argumentList )))
+            )
+          )
+        )
+      )
+      (endOfStatement ;)
+    )
+  )
+  (element
+    (statement
+      (localAssignmentExpression
+        var
+        (startExpression
+          (baseExpression (unaryExpression (memberExpression (identifier final))))
+        )
+        =
+        (startExpression
+          (baseExpression
+            (unaryExpression
+              (memberExpression (functionCall (identifier getValue) ( argumentList )))
+            )
+          )
+        )
+      )
+      (endOfStatement ;)
+    )
+  )
+  (element
+    (statement
+      (assignmentExpression
+        (startExpression
+          (baseExpression (unaryExpression (memberExpression (identifier static))))
+        )
+        =
+        (startExpression
+          (baseExpression
+            (unaryExpression
+              (memberExpression (functionCall (identifier getValue) ( argumentList )))
+            )
+          )
+        )
+      )
+      (endOfStatement ;)
+    )
+  )
+  (element
+    (statement
+      (localAssignmentExpression
+        var
+        (startExpression
+          (baseExpression (unaryExpression (memberExpression (identifier static))))
+        )
+        =
+        (startExpression
+          (baseExpression
+            (unaryExpression
+              (memberExpression (functionCall (identifier getValue) ( argumentList )))
+            )
+          )
+        )
+      )
+      (endOfStatement ;)
+    )
+  )
+)
+/*======*/
+/*===DECOMPILE===*/
+{
+  var plain = 1;
+  final immutable = 2;
+  static shared = 3;
+  final finalLocal = 4;
+  static staticLocal = 5;
+final = getValue();
+  var final = getValue();
+static = getValue();
+  var static = getValue();
+
+}
+/*======*/
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