(Em  D)(x2)
(Am)

Em              D
As the preacher stumbles
Am                 Em
From his castle of sin
Em                  D
And his vision gets distorted
Am              Em
From the bottle within

Em                  D
But his mouth slurs out the words
Am           Em
From a sober heart
Em                 D
They cut deep into open nerves
Am                 Em
Then they tear you apart

            C
This is the ballad
D                   Em
Of the bullet proof poet
            C
This is the ballad
D            Em
Baby, don´t I know it

Em      D
He gave Jesus tattoos
Am                   Em
And took the devil´s soul
Em         D
He got the angels drunk
    Am                         Em
And gave them the gutter for a home

            C
This is the ballad
D                   Em
Of the bullet proof poet
            C
This is the ballad
D            Em
Baby, don´t I know it

Em                D
He loved the most beautiful girl
Am             Em
In the mist of wine
Em                  D
A last kiss through cigarette smoke
     Am                                 Em
Then she quietly slipped of the edge of time

            C
This is the ballad
D                   Em
Of the bullet proof poet
            C
This is the ballad
D       Em
Don´t I know it

(Em  A  C#m)