• Song:

    Just The Right Bullets

  • Artist:

    Tom Waits

  • Album:

    The Black Rider

C7           Fm
There is a light in the forest
          Eb          Ab
There's a face in the tree
              C7         Fm
I'll pull you out of the chorus
        Eb                 Fm
and the first one's always free
 
        Db    Eb   Fm                  Db        Eb    Fm
You can never go a hunting with just a flintlock and a hound
             C7          Fm
You won't go home with a bunting
       Bbm    C7      Fm
if you blow a hundred rounds
 
It takes much more than wild courage
or you'll hit the tattered clouds
You must have just the right bullet
and the first one's always free
 
You must be careful in the forest
broken glass and rusty nails
If you're to bring back somehting for us
I have bullets for sale
 
|Fm| - |Fm| - |Fm| - |Fm|
|Fm| - |Fm| - |Eb| - |Eb|
|Fm| - |Fm| - |Eb| - |Eb|
|C| - |C| - |C| - |C| - |Fm|
 
    Fm              Eb         Fm               Eb          C
E|--------------------------|----------------------------|-----|
B|------------------4-------|-------------------4-----4--|--5--|
G|---------5------5------5--|---------5------5------5----|-----|
D|--3---6------6------------|--3---6------6--------------|-----|
A|--------------------------|----------------------------|-----|
E|--------------------------|----------------------------|-----|
 
 
Why be a fool when you can chase away
your blind and your gloom
I have blessed each one of these bullets
and they shine just like a spoon
 
To have sixty silver wishes
is a small price to pay
They'll be your private little fishes
and they'll never swim away
 
I just want you to be happy
That's my only little wish
I'll fix your wagon and your musket
and the spoon will have his dish
 
And I shudder at the thought
of your poor empty hunter's pouch
So I'll keep the wind from your barrel
and bless the roof of your house
 
|Fm| - |Fm| - |Fm| - |Fm|
|Fm| - |Fm| - |Eb| - |Eb|
|Fm| - |Fm| - |Eb| - |Eb|
|C| - |C| - |C| - |C| - |Fm|
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