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"Foot Of Pride"
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album _The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration_
(Bob Dylan, 1993)

written by Bob Dylan

Lou Reed: guitar, vocals

Oct 16, 1992
Madison Square Garden, NYC
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        Like the lion wrest the flesh off of a man
        so can a woman who passes herself off as a male
        They sang "Danny Boy" at his funeral and the Lord's Prayer
        preacher talking 'bout Christ betrayed
        Like the earth just opened and swallowed him up
        reached too high, was thrown back to the ground
        You know what they say about bein' nice
        to the right people on the way up
        sooner or later you gonna meet them on the way down

        Oh, there ain't no comin' back
        when the foot of pride come down
        ain't no comin' back
        Oh no, comin' back
        when the foot of pride -
        - come down, yeah, ain't no comin' back

        They got a brother named James, don't forget faces or names
        sunken cheeks and his blood is mixed
        He looked straight into the sun and said "Revenge is mine"
        but he drinks and drinks can be fixed
        Sing me one more song, hah
        about ya love me to the moon and the stranger
        and your fall by the sword love affair with Erroll Flynn
        In these times of compassion when
        conformity's in fashion, say
        one more stupid thing to me
        before the final nail is driven in

        Oh, there ain't no comin' back
        when the foot of pride
        come down, hey-hey-hey-hey
        Woh baby, ain't no comin' back
        the foot of pride comes down, hey-hey-hey
        hey, ain't no comin' back

        There's a businessman named Red cast, ah
        cast down from heaven and he's out of his head, ah
        Feeds off of everyone that he can touch
        he said he only deals in cash
        or sells tickets to a plane crash
        Not somebody you play around with much
        Miss Delilah is his, a Philistine is what she is
        She'll do wondrous works with your fate
        Ah, feed you coconut bread, spice buns in bed
        if you don't mind sleepin'
        with your head faced down in a grave

        Oh, ain't no comin' back
        the foot of pride come down
        baby hey-hey, hey, ain't no comin' back
        Oh-oh, there, hey-hey, there ain't no comin' back
        when the foot of pride come down
        oh, woh, ain't no comin' back

        Oh well, they'll choose a man for you to meet tonight
        you'll play the fool and learn how to walk through doors
        How to enter the gates of paradise, no
        how to carry a burden too heavy to be yours
        Yeah, from the stage
        they'll be tryin' to get water outta rocks
        a whore will pass the hat, collect a hundred grand and say
        "Hey, hey, hey, thanks"
        They like to take all this money from sin
        build big universities to study in
        sing "Amazing Grace" all the way to the Swiss banks

        Woh, ain't comin' back
        the foot of pride come down
        hey-hey-hey, ain't no comin' back, baby
        ain't no comin' back
        Oh, foot of pride come down
        you ain't comin' back, ah-huh-huh
        ain't no comin' back

        They got some beautiful people out there, man
        they can be a terror to your mind
        They'll show you how to hold your tongue
        they got mystery written all over their forehead
        they kill their babies in the crib
        say "Only the good die young"
        They don't believe in mercy
        ah, judgment on them is something
        is something, something that, you'll never, ever see
        Ah, they can exalt you up or bring you down main route
        turn you into anything they want you to be

        Ooohhh, ain't comin' back
        the foot of pride
        ain't no comin' back
        Ain't no comin' back
        when your foot of pride
        ain't, ain't no comin' back

        Yeah, I guess I loved him too
        I can still see him in my mind climbin' that hill
        Ah, did he make it to the top
        well he probably did and dropped
        struck down by the strength of the will
        Oh, ain't nothin' left here partner
        just the dust of a plague
        left that whole, left that whole
        Town afraid from now on, this'll be where you're from
        let the dead bury the dead, your time will come
        let hot iron blow as he raised, reised the shade

        Oh baby-baby, ain't no comin' back
        the foot of pride come down
        oh, oh, oh, oh, ain't no comin' back
        Oh-oh-oh, ain't no comin' back, you know that
        foot-foot-foot of pride come down

        Oh, ain't no comin' back
        ain't no comin' back
        oh, ain't no comin' back, baby
        oh no-no, ain't no comin' back



intro   {A}{A}{A}{A}
organ   {A}{A}{A}{A}       (Like the -)

        {A}{A}{A}{A}       (- lion wrest the flesh off of a man ...)
        {A}{A}{A}{A}       (- "Danny Boy" at his funeral and ...)
        {D}{D}{D}{D}       (Like the earth just opened and ...)
        {A}{A}{A}{A}       (You know what they say about bein' ...)

chorus  {A/F#m}{D}{A}{A}   (Oh, there ain't no comin' back ...)
        {A/F#m}{D}{A}{A}   (Oh no, comin' back when your foot ...)

        ...

guitar  {A}{A}{A}{A}
        {A}{A}{A}{A}

        ....

        {A}{A}{A}{A}       (Oh, ain't no comin' back, ain't no ...)
guitar  {A}{A}{A}{A}
        {A}{A}{A}{A}
ending  {A/F#m}{D}{A...




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I've filled in some blanks and corrected some mistakes
in the lyrics for Reed's version of Dylan's "Foot of Pride":



Like the lion tears the flesh off of a man
so can a woman who passes herself off as a male
They sang "Danny Boy" at his funeral and the Lord's Prayer
preacher talking 'bout Christ betrayed
Like the earth just opened and swallowed him up
reached too high, was thrown back to the ground
You know what they say about bein' nice to the right people
        on the way up
sooner or later you gonna meet them on the way down

Oh, there ain't no comin' back
when the foot of pride come down
ain't no comin' back
Oh no, comin' back
when the foot of pride come down
ye ain't comin' back

They got a brother named James, don't forget faces or names
sunken cheeks and his blood is mixed
He looked straight into the sun and said "Revenge is mine"
but he drinks and drinks can be fixed
Sing me one more song, hah, about your love to the moon
        and the stranger
and your fall by the sword love affair with Erroll Flynn
In these times of compassion when conformity's in fashion
Say one more stupid thing to me before the final nail is driven in

Oh, there ain't no comin' back
when the foot of pride
come down, hey-hey-hey-hey
Woh baby, ain't no comin' back
the foot of pride comes down, hey-hey-hey
hey, ain't no comin' back

There's a businessman named Red cast-a
cast down from heaven and he's out of his head-a
Feeds off of everyone that he can touch
he said he only deals in cash or sells tickets to a plane crash
Not somebody you play around with much, Miss Delilah is his,
        a Philistine is what she is
She'll do wondrous works with your fate
Ah, feed you coconut bread, spice buns in bed
If you don't mind sleepin' with your head faced down in a grave

Oh, ain't comin' back
the foot of pride come down
baby hey-hey, ain't no comin' back
Oh-oh, there, hey-hey, there ain't no comin' back
when the foot of pride come down
oh, woh, ain't no comin' back

Oh well, they'll choose a man for you to meet tonight
you'll play the fool and learn how to walk through doors
How to enter the gates of paradise
No! How to carry a burden too heavy to be yours
Yeah, from the stage they'll be tryin' to get water outta rocks
A whore will pass the hat,
        collect a hundred grand and say "Hey, hey, hey thanks!"
They like to take all this money from sin,
        build big universities to study in
sing "Amazing Grace" all the way to the Swiss banks

Woh, ain't comin' back
the foot of pride come down
hey-hey-hey, ain't no comin' back, baby, ain't no comin' back
Oh, foot of pride come down
You ain't comin' back, ah-hah-hah
ain't no comin' back

They got some beautiful people out there, man,
        they can be a terror to your mind
They'll show you how to hold your tongue
They got mystery written all over their forehead
They kill their babies in the crib say "Only the good die young"
They don't believe in mercy
ah, judgment on them is something, is something, something that,
        you'll never, ever see
Ah, they can exalt you up or bring you down main route
Turn you into anything they want you to be

Ooohhh, ain't comin' back
the foot of pride
ain't no comin' back
Ain't no comin' back
when the foot of pride
ain't, ain't no comin' back

Yeah, I guess I loved him too
I can still see him in my mind climbin' that hill
Ah, did he make it to the top? Well, he probably did and he dropped
struck down by the strength of the will
Ah, ain't nothin' left here, partner
just the dust of the plague, left the whole,
        left the whole town afraid
From now on, this'll be where you're from,
        let the dead bury the dead, your time will come
Let hot iron blow as he raised, raised his shade

Oh baby-baby, ain't no comin' back
the foot of pride come down
oh, oh, oh, oh, ain't no comin' back
Oh-oh-oh, ain't no comin' back, you know that
foot-foot-foot of pride come down

Oh, ain't no comin' back
ain't no comin' back
oh, ain't no comin' back, baby
oh no-no, ain't no comin' back


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transcribed by Shiroh KOUCHI (wildside@mx21.tiki.ne.jp)
http://ww21.tiki.ne.jp/~wildside/
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