Verse
F5
Like the lion tears the flesh off of a man
F5
So can a woman who passes herself off as a male
F5
They sang “Danny Boy” at his funeral and the Lord’s Prayer
F5
The preacher talking ’bout Christ betrayed
A#5
It’s like the earth just opened and swallowed him up
A#5
He reached too high, was thrown back to the ground
F5
You know what they say about bein’ nice to the right people on the way up
F5
Sooner or later you gonna meet them comin’ down
F Dm
Well, there ain’t no goin’ back
A#
When your foot of pride come down
F5
Ain’t no goin’ back
[Verse 2]
F5
Hear ya got a brother named James, don’t forget faces or names
F5
Sunken cheeks and his blood is mixed
F5
He looked straight into the sun and said revenge is mine
F5
But he drinks, and drinks can be fixed
A#5
Sing me one more song, about ya love me to the moon and the stranger
A#5
And your fall-by-the sword love affair with Errol Flynn
F5
In these times of compassion when conformity’s in fashion
F5
Say one more stupid thing to me before the final nail is driven in.
F Dm
Well, there ain’t no goin’ back
A#
When your foot of pride come down
F5
Ain’t no goin’ back
[Verse 3]
F5
There’s a retired businessman named Red
F5
Cast down from heaven and he’s out of his head
F5
He feeds off of everyone that-a he can touch
F5
He said he only deals in cash or sells tickets to a plane crash
F5
Not somebody that you play around with much
A#7
Miss Delilah is his, a Philistine is what she is
A#7
She’ll do wondrous works with your fate
F5
Feed you coconut bread, spice buns in your bed
F5
If you don’t mind sleepin’ with your head face down in a grave
F Dm
Well, there ain’t no goin’ back
A#
When your foot of pride come down
F5
Ain’t no goin’ back
[Verse 4]
F5
Well, they’ll choose a man for you to meet tonight
F5
You’ll play the fool and learn how to walk through doors
F5
How to enter into the gates of paradise – no ...
F5
How to carry a burden too heavy to be yours
A#7
Yeah, from the stage they’ll be tryin’ to get water outa rocks
A#7
D# whore will pass the hat, collect a hundred grand and say thanks
F5
They like to take all this money from sin, build big universities to study in
F5
Sing “Amazing Grace” all the way to the Swiss banks
F Dm
Well, there ain’t no goin’ back
A#
When your foot of pride come down
F5
Ain’t no goin’ back
[Verse 5]
F5
They got some beautiful people out there, man
F5
They can be a terror to your mind and show you how to hold your tongue
F5
They got mystery written all over their forehead
F5
They kill babies in the crib and say only the good die young
A#7
They don’t believe in mercy
A#7
Judgement on them is something that you’ll never see
F5
They can exalt you up or bring you down main route
F5
Turn you into anything that they want you to be
F Dm
Well, there ain’t no goin’ back
A#
When your foot of pride come down
F5
Ain’t no goin’ back
[Verse 6]
F5
Yes, I guess I loved him too
F5
I can still see him in my mind climbin’ that hill
F5
Did he make it to the top, well he probably did and dropped
F5
Struck down by the strength of the will
A#5
Ain’t nothin’ left here, partner
A#5
Just the dust of a plague that has left this whole town afraid
F5
From now on, this’ll be where you’re from
F5
Let the dead bury the dead. Your time will come
F5
Let hot iron blow as he raised the shade
F Dm
There ain’t no goin’ back
A#
When your foot of pride come down
F5
Ain’t no goin’ back ... oh yeah
[Outro]
| F Dm | A# | F5 |
| F Dm | A# | F5 |
(repeat and fade)