This is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard and twenty years later I still
up listening to it. As you know, the original version features piano and twelve string
but what I'm giving you here is just the basic chord progression to the song for those
you who are like me and are more comfortable just playing the simple stuff. And I've
this at shows without complaints so it is correct. Just simple.
Well I see him on the TV preaching 'bout the promised land
He tells me to believe in Jesus steals the money from my hand
Some say he was a good man lord I think he sinned
Twenty two years of mental tears cries a suicidal Vietnam vet
Who fought a losing war on a foriegn shore to find his country didn't want him back
Their bullets took his best friend in Saigon our lawyers took his wife and kids no regrets
In a time I don't remember in a war he can't forget
He cried "Forgive me for what I've done there cause I never meant the
things I did
(no chord) D
And give me something to believe in
If there's a lord above
Give me something to believe in
Oh lord arise
My best friend died a lonley man in some Palm Springs motel room
I got the call last Christmas Eve and they told me the news
I tried all night not to break down and cry as the tears rolled down my face
I felt so cold and empty like a lost soul out of place
And mirror mirror on the wall see my smile it fades again
(no chord) D
And give me something to believe in
If there's a lord above
Give me something to believe in
Oh lord arise
Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now things I didn't know then
(this is where the solo break is. I dont' know the solo...sorry)
I drive by the homeless sleeping on the cold dark street like bodies in an open grave
Underneath the broken old neon sign that used to read "Jesus Saves"
A mile away live the rich folks and I see how they livin' it up
While the poor they eatin' from hand to mouth the rich drinkin' from a golden cup
And it just makes me wonder why so many lose and so few win
(no chord) D
And give me something to believe in
If there's a lord above
Give me something to believe in
Oh lord arise
Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now things I didn't know then
And give me something to believe in