Something To Believe In

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
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