Halleluiah Man

Lyrics and Chords

Emin7                                                                               D7sus

On the blind side and down the back ways the roots of sadness crawl..

Amin7

When you can’t get what you need

Cmin7                                    Bmin7

You feel like taking a torch to it all

Emin7

All the sweet talk makes a bitter man

D7sus

You can feel the darkness rise

Amin7

Sometimes you don’t know what you’re fighting for

Cmin7                                    Bmin7

You don’t know who it is you despise.

Emin7

I am the Halleluiah Man

Bmin7

Break all the rules I’m the King of fools

Amin7

I’m the renegade in this greytown

Cmin7                                    Bmin7

And I’ll do anything to bring a government down

Emin7

I am the Halleluiah Man

Bmin7

Yes my friends I’ve been born again

Amin7

I’m the black sheep, who, while the shepherds sleep

Cmin7                                    Bmin7

Will do anything to bring a government down

Emin7

In a coat of a thousand colours

D7sus

And a star spangled Cadillac

Amin7

He picked up a rodeo queen

Cmin7                                    Bmin7

With whiplash marks all over his back

Emin7

When dreams don’t become their people

D7sus

People become their dreams

Amin7

He didn’t understand at the time

Cmin7                                    Bmin7

But now he knows exactly what it means

Emin7

I am the Halleluiah Man

Bmin7

Break all the rules I’m the King of fools

Amin7

I’m the renegade in this greytown

Cmin7                                    Bmin7

And I’ll do anything to bring a government down

Emin7

I am the Halleluiah Man

Bmin7

Yes my friends I’ve been born again

Amin7

I’m the black sheep, who, while the shepherds sleep

Cmin7                                    Bmin7

Will do anything to bring a government down

Amin7

They said, ‘Watch out boy,  careful where you tread

Emin7

You’re throwing away all that beautiful bread..’

Amin7

He slept outside until the world opened up

Cmin7                                    Bmin7

They’ve got to understand he’s a Halleluiah Man

Emin7            G                         Amin7        x3

He says I am the Halleluiah Man

Cmin7                                    Bmin7

And I’ll do anything to bring a government down

Guitar solo  ; verse chords

Emin7

He built himself a prison

Dsus

He knew he had to escape

Amin7

Some worlds are held together by steel

Cmin7                                    Bmin7

Some are held together by sellotape

Emin7

He was drifting through the shark’s teeth

Dsus

He always paid his dues

Amin7

Something told him he had nothing

Cmin7                                    Bmin7

And thats when he knew he had nothing to lose

Emin7

I am the Halleluiah Man

Bmin7

Break all the rules I’m the King of fools

Amin7

I’m the renegade in this greytown

Cmin7                                    Bmin7

And I’ll do anything to bring a government down

Emin7

I am the Halleluiah Man

Bmin7

Yes my friends I’ve been born again

Amin7

I’m the black sheep, who, while the shepherds sleep

Cmin7                                    Bmin7

Will do anything to bring a government down??I am the Halleluiah Man

Lyrics

On the blind side and down the back ways the roots of sadness crawl..
When you can’t get what you need
You feel like taking a torch to it all

All the sweet talk makes a bitter man
You can feel the darkness rise
Sometimes you don’t know what you’re fighting for
You don’t know who it is you despise.

I am the Halleluiah Man
Break all the rules
I’m the King of fools?I’m the renegade in this greytown
And I’ll do anything to bring a government down
I am the Halleluiah Man
Yes my friends I’ve been born again
Will do anything to bring a government down

In a coat of a thousand colours
And a star spangled Cadillac
He picked up a rodeo queen
With whiplash marks all over his back
When dreams don’t become their people
People become their dreams
He didn’t understand at the time
But now he knows exactly what it means

I am the Halleluiah Man
Break all the rules, I’m the King of fools
I’m the renegade in this greytown
And I’ll do anything to bring a government down
I am the Halleluiah Man
Yes my friends I’ve been born again
I’m the black sheep, who, while the shepherds sleep
Will do anything to bring a government down

They said, ‘Watch out boy, be careful where you tread,
You’re throwing away all that beautiful bread..’
He slept outside until the world opened up
They’ve got to understand he’s a Halleluiah Man

He says I am the Halleluiah Man
And I’ll do anything to bring a government down

He built himself a prison
He knew he had to escape
Some worlds are held together by steel
Some worlds are held together by sellotape
He was drifting through the shark’s teeth
He always paid his dues
Something told him he had nothing
And thats when he knew he had nothing to lose

He says, I am the Halleluiah Man
Break all the rules, I’m the King of fools
I’m the renegade in this greytown
And I’ll do anything to bring a government down
I am the Halleluiah Man
Yes my friends I’ve been born again
I’m the black sheep, who, while the shepherds sleep
Will do anything to bring a government down

I am the Halleluiah Man