[Intro]
Gm Gm7 C x3
Gm Gm7 C C7
[Verse 1]
Fmaj7 E
I am no good for you
Fmaj7 E
I can do no right
Fmaj7 E Gm Gm7 C C7
I've written you this song
Fmaj7 E
He looks so peaceful now
Fmaj7 E
In his new white suit
Fmaj7 E
Not like he used to be
Am7 Bm7 Am7 G
Up half the night with his sunglasses on
Am7 Bm7 Am7 Bm7 E
Out half the night and staggering home at dawn
Cm Cm7 Gm7
They brought him back
Cm7 Gm7 Bb
He's seen the stars now
Cm7 Gm7 F G7
He's back on Bullwhip Road
[Instrumental Break]
Gm Gm7 C Gm Gm7 C C7
[Verse 2]
Fmaj7 E
Maybe he learned to love
Fmaj7 E
Prison bars and pain
Fmaj7 E
Seems like we'll never know
Am7 Bm7 Am7 G
So take him away in your your wagon of grey
Am7 Bm7 Am7 Bm7 E E6 E
Past the fights in the streets to the shade of the cypress tree
Cm Cm7 Gm7
They brought him back
Cm7 Gm7 Bb
He's seen the stars now
Cm7 Gm7 F G7
He's back on Bullwhip Road
Cm Cm7 Gm7
They brought him back
Cm7 Gm7 Bb
He's in a blue plastic sack
Cm7 Gm7 F G7
On Bullwhip Road
Gm Gm7 C (x3)
Cm Cm7 Gm7
They brought him back
Cm7 Gm7 Bb
He's seen the stars now
Cm7 Gm7 F G
He's back on Bullwhip Road
Cm Cm7 Gm7
I hate the world
Cm7 Gm7 Bb Cm7
I hate my life and this song
Cm7 Gm7 F G F G
Now run along