This is a pretty close rendition. The key to this song is letting the E string
ring out through the entire verse ... just as it does on the album. I don't know
what to call this chord, so I call it A/F#m
Play A/F#m like so: (044200)
Play Abm/E like so: (066400)
Play A/E like so: (077600)
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Well I see him on the TV preaching 'bout the promised land
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He tells me to believe in Jesus steals the money from my hand
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Some say he was a good man lord I think he sinned
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Twenty two years of mental tears cries a suicidal Vietnam vet
Who fought a losing war on a foreign shore
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to find his country didn't want him back
Their bullets took his best friend in Saigon
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Our lawyers took his wife and kids no regrets
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In a time I don't remember in a war he can't forget
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He cried "Forgive me for what I've done there cause I never meant the
things I did ...
And give me something to believe in
If there's a lord above
Give me something to believe in, Oh lord arise
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My best friend died a lonely man in some Palm Springs motel room
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I got the call last Christmas Eve and they told me the news
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I tried all night not to break down and cry as the tears rolled down my face
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I felt so cold and empty like a lost soul out of place
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And mirror mirror on the wall sees a smile than fades again
And give me something to believe in
If there's a lord above
Give me something to believe in, Oh lord arise
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Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now the things I didn't know then
Solo:
I drive by the homeless sleeping on the cold dark street
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like bodies in an open grave
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Underneath the broken old neon sign that used to read "Jesus Saves"
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A mile away live the rich folks and I see how they livin' it up
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While the poor they eat from hand to mouth the rich drink from a golden cup
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And it just makes me wonder why so many lose and so few win
Now give me something to believe in
If there's a lord above
Give me something to believe in, Oh lord arise
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Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now the things I didn't know then
Oh give me something to believe in.
(There's actually only 4 chords in this song plus the bridge)