Verse
E5
Like the lion tears the flesh off of a man
E5
So can a woman who passes herself off as a male
E5
They sang “Danny Boy” at his funeral and the Lord’s Prayer
E5
The preacher talking ’bout Christ betrayed
A5
It’s like the earth just opened and swallowed him up
A5
He reached too high, was thrown back to the ground
E5
You know what they say about bein’ nice to the right people on the way up
E5
Sooner or later you gonna meet them comin’ down
E C#m
Well, there ain’t no goin’ back
A
When your foot of pride come down
E5
Ain’t no goin’ back
[Verse 2]
E5
Hear ya got a brother named James, don’t forget faces or names
E5
Sunken cheeks and his blood is mixed
E5
He looked straight into the sun and said revenge is mine
E5
But he drinks, and drinks can be fixed
A5
Sing me one more song, about ya love me to the moon and the stranger
A5
And your fall-by-the sword love affair with Errol Flynn
E5
In these times of compassion when conformity’s in fashion
E5
Say one more stupid thing to me before the final nail is driven in.
E C#m
Well, there ain’t no goin’ back
A
When your foot of pride come down
E5
Ain’t no goin’ back
[Verse 3]
E5
There’s a retired businessman named Red
E5
Cast down from heaven and he’s out of his head
E5
He feeds off of everyone that-a he can touch
E5
He said he only deals in cash or sells tickets to a plane crash
E5
Not somebody that you play around with much
A7
Miss Delilah is his, a Philistine is what she is
A7
She’ll do wondrous works with your fate
E5
Feed you coconut bread, spice buns in your bed
E5
If you don’t mind sleepin’ with your head face down in a grave
E C#m
Well, there ain’t no goin’ back
A
When your foot of pride come down
E5
Ain’t no goin’ back
[Verse 4]
E5
Well, they’ll choose a man for you to meet tonight
E5
You’ll play the fool and learn how to walk through doors
E5
How to enter into the gates of paradise – no ...
E5
How to carry a burden too heavy to be yours
A7
Yeah, from the stage they’ll be tryin’ to get water outa rocks
A7
D whore will pass the hat, collect a hundred grand and say thanks
E5
They like to take all this money from sin, build big universities to study in
E5
Sing “Amazing Grace” all the way to the Swiss banks
E C#m
Well, there ain’t no goin’ back
A
When your foot of pride come down
E5
Ain’t no goin’ back
[Verse 5]
E5
They got some beautiful people out there, man
E5
They can be a terror to your mind and show you how to hold your tongue
E5
They got mystery written all over their forehead
E5
They kill babies in the crib and say only the good die young
A7
They don’t believe in mercy
A7
Judgement on them is something that you’ll never see
E5
They can exalt you up or bring you down main route
E5
Turn you into anything that they want you to be
E C#m
Well, there ain’t no goin’ back
A
When your foot of pride come down
E5
Ain’t no goin’ back
[Verse 6]
E5
Yes, I guess I loved him too
E5
I can still see him in my mind climbin’ that hill
E5
Did he make it to the top, well he probably did and dropped
E5
Struck down by the strength of the will
A5
Ain’t nothin’ left here, partner
A5
Just the dust of a plague that has left this whole town afraid
E5
From now on, this’ll be where you’re from
E5
Let the dead bury the dead. Your time will come
E5
Let hot iron blow as he raised the shade
E C#m
There ain’t no goin’ back
A
When your foot of pride come down
E5
Ain’t no goin’ back ... oh yeah
[Outro]
| E C#m | A | E5 |
| E C#m | A | E5 |
(repeat and fade)