i don’t know the official version of the song , but this is how i play it and i
think it sounds pretty da * n good . ( feel free to judge )
E Asus2
well i see him on the tv preaching ’bout the promised land
E Asus
he tells me to believe in jesus steals the money from my hand
E F#m G#m A
some say he was a good man lord i think he sinned
E Asus2
twenty two years of mental tears cries a suicidal vietnam vet
E
who fought a losing war on a foreign shore
Asus
to find his country didn’t want him back
E
their bullets took his best friend in saigon
Asus
our lawyers took his wife and kids no regrets
E Asus
in a time i don’t remember in a war he can’t forget
E F#m G#m
he cried “forgive me for what i’ve done there cause i never meant the
A
things i did . . .
E
and give me something to believe in
Asus
if there’s a lord above
E Asus
give me something to believe in , oh lord arise
E Asus
my best friend died a lonely man in some palm springs motel room
E Asus
i got the call last christmas eve and they told me the news
E Asus
i tried all night not to break down and cry as the tears rolled down my face
E Asus
i felt so cold and empty like a lost soul out of place
E F#m G#m A
and mirror mirror on the wall sees a smile than fades again
E
and give me something to believe in
Asus
if there’s a lord above
E Asus
give me something to believe in , oh lord arise
E F#m G#m A
sometimes i wish to god i didn’t know now the things i didn’t know then
solo : ( yeah , youre chord players you dont play solos! )
E
i drive by the homeless sleeping on the cold dark street
Asus
like bodies in an open grave
E Asus
underneath the broken old neon sign that used to read “jesus saves”
E Asus
a mile away live the rich folks and i see how they livin’ it up
E Asus
while the poor they eat from hand to mouth the rich drink from a golden cup
E F#m G#m A
and it just makes me wonder why so many lose and so few win
E
now give me something to believe in
Asus
if there’s a lord above
E Asus
give me something to believe in , oh lord arise
E F#m G#m A
sometimes i wish to god i didn’t know now the things i didn’t know then
E
oh give me something to believe in .
know its not perfect . . . but it works in every bar i perform in .
i don’t know the official version of the song , but this is how i play it and i
think it sounds pretty da * n good . ( feel free to judge )
E Asus2
well i see him on the tv preaching ’bout the promised land
E Asus
he tells me to believe in jesus steals the money from my hand
E F#m G#m A
some say he was a good man lord i think he sinned
E Asus2
twenty two years of mental tears cries a suicidal vietnam vet
E
who fought a losing war on a foreign shore
Asus
to find his country didn’t want him back
E
their bullets took his best friend in saigon
Asus
our lawyers took his wife and kids no regrets
E Asus
in a time i don’t remember in a war he can’t forget
E F#m G#m
he cried “forgive me for what i’ve done there cause i never meant the
A
things i did . . .
E
and give me something to believe in
Asus
if there’s a lord above
E Asus
give me something to believe in , oh lord arise
E Asus
my best friend died a lonely man in some palm springs motel room
E Asus
i got the call last christmas eve and they told me the news
E Asus
i tried all night not to break down and cry as the tears rolled down my face
E Asus
i felt so cold and empty like a lost soul out of place
E F#m G#m A
and mirror mirror on the wall sees a smile than fades again
E
and give me something to believe in
Asus
if there’s a lord above
E Asus
give me something to believe in , oh lord arise
E F#m G#m A
sometimes i wish to god i didn’t know now the things i didn’t know then
solo : ( yeah , youre chord players you dont play solos! )
E
i drive by the homeless sleeping on the cold dark street
Asus
like bodies in an open grave
E Asus
underneath the broken old neon sign that used to read “jesus saves”
E Asus
a mile away live the rich folks and i see how they livin’ it up
E Asus
while the poor they eat from hand to mouth the rich drink from a golden cup
E F#m G#m A
and it just makes me wonder why so many lose and so few win
E
now give me something to believe in
Asus
if there’s a lord above
E Asus
give me something to believe in , oh lord arise
E F#m G#m A
sometimes i wish to god i didn’t know now the things i didn’t know then
E
oh give me something to believe in .
know its not perfect . . . but it works in every bar i perform in .
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