Red Right Hand

[ Intro ] Bm D Bm D Bm D Bm D [ Verse 1 ] Bm take a little walk to the edge of town and go across the tracks where the viaduct looms like a bird of doom as it shifts and cracks Em where secrets lie in the border fires and the humming wires Bm well , you know you’re never coming back past the square , past the Bridge , past the mills , past the stacks [ Chorus ] F#7 on a gathering storm comes a tall handsome man E7 in a dusty black coat with a red right hand [ fill ] Bm D Bm D Bm D Bm D [ Verse 2 ] Bm he’ll wrap you in his arms and tell ya that you’ve been a good boy he’ll rekindle all of those dreams it took you a lifetime to destroy Em he’ll reach deep into the hole , heal your shrinking soul Bm and there won’t be a single thing that you can do he’s a god , he’s a man , he’s a ghost , he’s a guru [ Chorus ] F#7 they’re whispering his name ’cross this disappearing land E7 but hidden in his coat is a red right hand [ fill ] Bm D Bm D Bm D Bm D [ Verse 3 ] Bm you don’t have no money? he’ll get you some if you haven’t got no car , he’ll get you one Em you’ve got no self - respect , you feel like an insect Bm well , don’t you worry , buddy , ’cause here he comes through the ghetto and the barrows and the bowery and the slums [ Chorus ] F#7 a shadow is cast wherever he stands E7 stacks of green paper in his red right hand [ instrumental break ] Bm D Bm D Bm D Bm D Bm D Bm D Bm D Bm D Em Bm D Bm D Bm D Bm D F#7 E7 Bm D Bm D Bm D Bm D Bm Bm G Bm Bm G Bm Bm G Bm Bm G Bm D Bm D Bm D Bm D Bm D Bm D Bm D Bm D [ Verse 4 ] Bm you’ll see him in your nightmares , you’ll see him in your dreams he’ll appear out of nowhere , but he’s not what he seems Em you’ll see him in your head and on the tv screen hey , buddy , i’m warning you to turn it off Bm Bm Bm Bm he’s a ghost , he’s a god , he’s a man , he’s a guru [ Chorus ] F#7 you’re one microscopic cog in his catastrophic plan E7 designed and directed by his red right hand [ Outro ] Bm Bm G Bm Bm G Bm Bm G Bm Bm G