GC/GG
Whether there was a murder
DEm
I don't know, I can't say,
CGC/GGC/G
I was visiting a friend in jail
G
There were only two women
D
at the scene at the time
EmC
Neither one of them saw a thing,
GC/GG
both of them were wearing veils
CCsus4
They said it was a natural situation
C
that he reached too high,
Csus4C |: Csus4C :|
tumbled back to the ground
D
You know what they say about
Dsus4D
being nice to people on the way up,
GAm
sooner or later you might meet them coming down
GEm
Well, it's too late to bring him back
C
Too late, too late, too late,
DGC/GGC/G
Too late, too late to bring him back
G
He had a brother named Paul
DEm
hangin' out at the Café Royal
CG
where all the company is mixed
G
Pretty to look at,
D
he wants someone to throw the book at
Em
but you know he drinks,
CG
and drinks can be fixed
C
Sing me one more song
Csus4
about your summer romance
C
Or maybe that one about your
Csus4 |: CCsus4 :|
one-night stand with Errol Flynn
D
In these times of compassion
Dsus4
when conformity's in fashion
D
Say one more stupid thing to me
GAm
before the final nail's driven in
GEm
You know it's too late to bring him back
CDG
Too late, Too late, Too late to bring him back
G
Dr Silverspoon
D
from the Ecstasy Ballroom
EmC
He's a retired businessman
G
who feeds off everyone he's touched
G
He gives money to the church,
E
to foundations of research
Em
He's not someone you can
CG
play around with too much
C
There's a Rosetta Blake
Csus4C
who's been to both sides of the lake
Csus4C
she's rough to look at but she's fit
DDsus4
She'll feed you coconut bread and spiced buns in bed
D
and you won't have to worry about
D7Am
sleepin' with you head face down in the plate
GEm
But it's too late to bring him back
CD
Too late, Too late, Too late,
G
it's too late to bring him back
GD
Gonna arrange to see a man tonight
EmC
He'll tell you some secret things
G
that you think might open some doors
GD
How to enter in the gates of paradise?
Em
No, not really
CG
More like going crazy from carrying
C/GGC/G
a burden never meant to be yours
CCsus4C
From the stage they'll be doing the bumps and the grinds
A whore will pass the hat, collect a hundred grand
say "Well, boys - thanks!"
DDsus4
They like to take all this money from sin,
D
build big castles to study in,
D7AmD7
They'll sing Amazing Grace all the way to the Swiss bank
GEm
Well, it's too late to bring him back
CD
Too late, Too late, Too late,
GC/GGC/G
it's too late to bring him back
G
They got some serious people out there, man
Em
they can ring your bell and show you
G
how to hold your tongue
G
They don’t come to party, man,
Em
they kill babies in the crib and say:
G
“Only the good die young ”
C
They don’t believe in mercy,
Csus4
and judgement on them
CCsus4
is something you’ll never see
D
They can put your face on a postage stamp,
Dsus4
turn your home into an armed camp,
DGAm
any way they want you, that’s the way you’ll be
GEm
But it's too late to bring him back
CD
Too late, Too late, Too late,
G
it's too late to bring him back
GEm
Yes, I guess I loved him too,
G
I still see him in my mind, climbin’ that hill
CCsus4
Or was it a wall?
C
I don’t recall,
Csus4C
It don’t matter all all, honey, and it never will
DDsus4
Ain’t nothin’ left here, partner,
DDsus4D
just the dust of fools that have left their mark in spades
DDsus4
From now on, this’ll be where you’re from
DDsus4D
Let the dead bury the dead Your time will come
GAm
Feel that hot iron glowing now as you raise the shade
GEm
But it's too late to bring him back
CD
Too late, Too late, Too late,
G
it's too late to bring him back