Gimme Back My Bullets

Record World said the title track had "a sinewy, guitar-heavy number sound the group is most comfortable with," and said that "the beat is reminiscent of Bad Company and rocks with a stormy aggression."{{cite magazine|magazine=Record World|date=May 29, 1976|page=26|accessdate=2023-03-06|title=Single Picks|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/76/Record-World-1976-05-29.pdf}}

Robert Christgau, who gave the album a positive review, stated: "Ronnie Van Zant may intend those bullets for 'pencil pushers' (which means not only me but you, I'll bet) but that's no reason to shoot him down. In fact, it's just the opposite—his attraction has always been the way he gets his unreconstructed say. Unfortunately, the music could use some Yankee calculation—from Al Kooper of Forest Hills, who I figure was good for two hooks per album, and Ed King of New Jersey, the guitarist turned born-againer whose guitar fills carried a lot more zing than three doodooing Honnicutts."[https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=Lynyrd+Skynyrd Robert Christgau: CG: Lynyrd Skynyrd]

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| title1 = Gimme Back My Bullets

| length1 = 3:28

| writer1 = {{flatlist|

• Gary Rossington
• Ronnie Van Zant}}

| extra1 =

| title2 = Every Mother's Son

| length2 = 4:56

| writer2 = {{flatlist|

• Allen Collins
• Van Zant}}

| extra2 =

| title3 = Trust

| length3 = 4:25

| writer3 = {{flatlist|

• Collins
• Rossington
• Van Zant}}

| extra3 =

| title4 = (I Got the) Same Old Blues

| length4 = 4:08

| writer4 = J. J. Cale

| extra4 =

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Side two

| extra_column =

| title1 = Double Trouble

| length1 = 2:49

| writer1 = {{flatlist|

• Collins
• Van Zant}}

| extra1 =

| title2 = Roll Gypsy Roll

| length2 = 2:50

| writer2 = {{flatlist|

• Collins
• Rossington
• Van Zant}}

| extra2 =

| title3 = Searching

| length3 = 3:17

| writer3 = {{flatlist|

• Collins
• Van Zant}}

| extra3 =

| title4 = Cry for the Bad Man

| length4 = 4:48

| writer4 = {{flatlist|

• Collins
• Rossington
• Van Zant}}

| extra4 =

| title5 = All I Can Do Is Write About It

| length5 = 4:16

| writer5 = {{flatlist|

• Collins
• Van Zant}}

| extra5 =

}}

• Sides one and two were combined as tracks 1–9 on CD reissues.

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| headline = 1999 CD reissue bonus tracks

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| title10 = Gimme Back My Bullets

| note10 = Live at the Winterland in San Francisco, CA, March 7, 1976

| length10 = 4:18

| writer10 = {{flatlist|

• Rossington
• Van Zant}}

| extra10 =

| title11 = Cry for the Bad Man

| note11 = Live at the Winterland in San Francisco, CA, March 7, 1976

| length11 = 5:35

| writer11 = {{flatlist|

• Collins
• Rossington
• Van Zant}}

| extra11 =

| total_length =

}}

• Tracks 10 and 11 are previously unreleased

{{Track listing

| all_writing =

| headline = 2006 CD deluxe edition bonus tracks

| extra_column =

| title10 = Double Trouble

| note10 = Live at the Capitol Theatre in Cardiff, Wales, November 4, 1975

| length10 = 3:13

| writer10 = {{flatlist|

• Collins
• Van Zant}}

| extra10 =

| title11 = I Got the Same Old Blues

| note11 = Live at the Capitol Theatre in Cardiff, Wales, November 4, 1975

| length11 = 4:13

| writer11 = Cale

| extra11 =

| title12 = Gimme Back My Bullets

| note12 = Live at the Winterland in San Francisco, CA, March 7, 1976

| length12 = 4:18

| writer12 = {{flatlist|

• Rossington
• Van Zant}}

| extra12 =

| title13 = Cry for the Bad Man

| note13 = Live at the Winterland in San Francisco, CA, March 7, 1976

| length13 = 5:35

| writer13 = {{flatlist|

• Collins
• Rossington
• Van Zant}}

| extra13 =

| title14 = All I Can Do Is Write About It

| note14 = Acoustic Version

| length14 = 4:24

| writer14 = {{flatlist|

• Collins
• Van Zant}}

| extra14 =

| title15 = Double Trouble

| note15 = Alternate Version

| length15 = 2:51

| writer15 = {{flatlist|

• Collins
• Van Zant}}

| extra15 =

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• Tracks 10 and 14 originally released on the Lynyrd Skynyrd (Box Set) (1991)
• Track 15 originally released on Skynyrd's Innyrds (1989)
• Track 11 is previously unreleased

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| title1 = Double Trouble

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| writer1 = {{flatlist|

• Collins
• Van Zant}}

| extra1 =

| title2 = I Ain't the One

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| writer2 = {{flatlist|

• Rossington
• Van Zant}}

| extra2 =

| title3 = Call Me the Breeze

| length3 =

| writer3 = Cale

| extra3 =

| title4 = I Got the Same Old Blues

| length4 =

| writer4 = Cale

| extra4 =

| title5 = Every Mother's Son

| length5 =

| writer5 = {{flatlist|

• Allen Collins
• Van Zant}}

| extra5 =

| title6 = Sweet Home Alabama

| length6 =

| writer6 = {{flatlist|

• Ed King
• Rossington
• Van Zant}}

| extra6 =

| title7 = Free Bird

| length7 =

| writer7 = {{flatlist|

• Collins
• Van Zant}}

| extra7 =

}}

• All tracks recorded live for The Old Grey Whistle Test on BBC television on November 11, 1975.

;Lynyrd Skynyrd

• Ronnie Van Zant – lead vocals, lyrics
• Gary Rossington – guitars
• Allen Collins – guitars
• Leon Wilkeson – bass, background vocals
• Artimus Pyle – drums, percussion
• Billy Powell – keyboards

;Additional personnel

• The Honeycuts – background vocals ("Double Trouble", "Cry for the Bad Man")
• The Honkettes – background vocals (on bonus live tracks)
• Lee Freeman – harp ("I Got the Same Old Blues")
• Barry Lee Harwood – dobro, mandolin ("All I Can Do Is Write About It")

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