Verse: 

  D         A        D        A         E              D           A 
I won't get drunk no more, no more; the old refrain it shines with use 

          D        A        D      A        E                   D     A 
While you sop your bread in barley-wine and mop your floor in tobacco juice 

        D                           A  
So they kicked you out of paradise, grinned and locked the garden gate 

          D                                 E7                        D       E7 
What those devils called your greatest sin, Gabriel and I called your great escape 




[Refrão]
        A                         D       
               Where're you gonna run  

        A                         E7 
          tell me, where will you roam 

                          D                  A                   D                  A 
        When you can't go home (you can't go home), you can't go home (you can't go home) 

            D            A        E7 
        Oh, pilgrim, you can't go home 


Verse: 

    D      A        D      A        E              D       A 
The gilded cage can not contain the gypsies of the earth 

    D    A       D     A                 E               D       A 
The poet and the tumbleweed discuss what rootlessness is worth 

    D                         A 
And pity those who never felt inspiration's cold wet nose 

   D                                      E7                           D       E7 
it wakes you up out in the ditch where you're tumbling 'round where the four winds blow 

 

[Refrão]
        A                         D       
               Where're you gonna run  

        A                         E7 
          tell me, where will you roam 

                          D                  A                   D                  A 
        When you can't go home (you can't go home), you can't go home (you can't go home) 

            D            A        E7 
        Oh, pilgrim, you can't go home 


Verse: 

    D    A       D   A      E                D       A 
The polaroids of Indio show desert flowers entwined 

      D    A        D       A    E                       D       A 
Their nakedness has already been blasted by the sands of time 

    D                                     A 
But still you thought your sad Jane would wait for you till who knows when 

        D                                  E7                       D    E7 
But that little girl’s got a new tattoo to let you know you can’t go home again 




[Refrão]
        A                         D       
               Where're you gonna run  

        A                         E7 
          tell me, where will you roam 

                          D                  A                   D                  A 
        When you can't go home (you can't go home), you can't go home (you can't go home) 

            D            A        E7 
        Oh, pilgrim, you can't go home 


INTERLUDE:
 
D  A  D  A  E D A         

Verse: 

   D        A        D     A           E               D       A                
So spin the wheel of St. Columba’s and ride his golden calf 

             D      A              D    A                E               D       A      
Climb up the silver strings of the mandolin till you can hear the angels laugh 

       D                                 A 
And if rock and roll is more your thing, go ahead and wear the badge 

      D                           E7                 D        E7 
Cause chaos needs another king, a pillar of smoke who don’t look back 




[Refrão]
        A                         D       
               Where're you gonna run  

        A                         E7 
          tell me, where will you roam 

                          D                  A                   D                  A 
        When you can't go home (you can't go home), you can't go home (you can't go home) 

            D            A        E7 
        Oh, pilgrim, you can't go home 


Verse: 

    D         A        D          A      E                  D       A 
I’m dirty and torn, my tails hung out, a ship with tattered sails 

     D        A     D         A       E                     D       A 
Been down and out, around the horn to chase the great white whale 

 D                                     A 
Across the night and across the day, I save my song for eternity 

    D                                 E7                 D    E7 
Now here I find you gazing out of the window at St. James Infirmary 



[Refrão]

        A                         D       
               Where're you gonna run  

        A                         E7 
          tell me, where will you roam 

                          D                  A                   D                  A 
        When you can't go home (you can't go home), you can't go home (you can't go home) 

            D            A        E7 
        Oh, pilgrim, you can't go home 

                          D                  A                   D                  A 
        When you can't go home (you can't go home), you can't go home (you can't go home) 

            D            A        E7 
        Oh, pilgrim, you can't go home 


OUTRO: 

D                  A                 D                A 
  So keep rollin', rollin' down that road that you’re on 

D                  A                 E7       
     Keep rollin', rollin', rollin' on (rollin' on), rollin' on (rollin' on)  

D  A  D   A 

D  A  E7       

D  A  D  A 

D  A  E7       

D  A                 D                A 
     Keep rollin', rollin' down that road that you’re on 

D                  A                 E7        
     Keep rollin', rollin', rollin' on