Intro -x4-: Eb Ab Verse 1: Eb Well I see him on the TV Ab Preachin' 'bout the promised lands Eb He tells me to believe in Jesus Ab And steals the money from my hands Eb Ab Some say he was a good man Eb Ab But Lord I think he sinned, yeah Verse 2: Eb Twentytwo years of mental tears Ab Cries a suicidal Vietnam vet Eb Who fought a losing war on a foreign shor Ab To find his country didn't want him back Eb Their bullets took his best friends in Saigon Ab Our lawyers took his wife, his kids, no regrets Eb In a time I don't remember Ab In a war he can't forget Bridge: Eb Fm He cried "Forgive me for what I've done there Gm Ab 'Cause I never meant the things I did" Eb And give me somethin' to believe in Chorus: Ab If there's a Lord above Eb And give me somethin' to believe in Ab Oh, Lord arise Verse 3: Eb My best friend died a lonely man Ab In some Palm Springs hotel room Eb I got the call last Christmas Eve Ab And they told me the news Eb I tried all night not to break down and cry Ab As the tears rolled down my face Eb I felt so cold and empty Ab Like a lost soul out of place Bridge: Eb Fm And the mirror, mirror on the wall Gm Ab Sees my smile, it fades again Eb And give me somethin' to believe in Chorus: Ab If there's a Lord above Eb And give me somethin' to believe in, yeah Ab Oh, Lord arise Bridge: Eb Fm Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now Gm Ab The things I didn't know then Road, you gotta take me home Solo: Bb Ab Bb Bb Eb Ab Eb Ab Eb Fm Gm Ab Verse 4: Eb I drive by the homeless sleepin' on a cold dark street Ab Like bodies in an open grave Eb Underneath the broken old neon sign Ab That used to read "Jesus Saves" Eb a mile away live the rich folk Ab And I see how they're living it up Eb While the poor, they eat from hand to mouth Ab The rich drinkin' from a golden cup Bridge: Eb Fm And it just makes me wonder Gm Ab Why so many lose and so few win, hah Eb And give me somethin' to believe in Chorus: Ab Eb And give me somethin' to believe in Ab If there's a Lord above Eb And give me somethin' to believe in Ab Oh, Lord arise Eb And give me somethin' to believe in Ab Oh, Lord arise Eb And give me somethin' to believe in Ab Oh, Lord arise Eb And give me somethin' to believe in Ab Oh, Lord arise Bridge: Eb Fm Yeah, sometimes I wish I didn't know now Gm Ab Eb Ab The things I didn't know then, yeah Outro: Eb Ab Eb And give me somethin' to believe in, yeayeah
Beautiful song.
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I love it….
I love this song!
I find the easiest chords to play this on +5.
Love it,
Love this song! Thank you!