Bang a Drum

D G A D I went to see the preacher to teach me how to pray G D A He looked at me and smiled then that preacher turned away D G He said "Son, if you want to tell him something A D You ain't gotta fold your hands G D Say it with your heart your soul and believe it, A D and I'll say amen " G A Bang a drum for the sinners, bang a drum for the D sins G D A Bang a drum for the losers and those who win D G A D Bang a drum, bang it loudly or as soft as you need G D A D Bang a drum for yourself son and a drum for me G D A D Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh oh oh let me hear you say: G D A D Yeah, yeah Hallelujah amen D G A D I called upon my brother just the other day, G D A He said: "Jon, I'm gonna die if I don't start to live again D G I work each day and night like clockwork just A D trying to make ends meet G D A I could kick this bad world's ass if I could just get on my feet" D G A I'd bang a drum for the dying, bang a drum for the D truth G D A Bang a drum for the innocence lost in our youth D G A D Bang a drum bang it loudly or as soft as you need G D A D Bang a drum for you brother and a drum for me G D A D I don't know where all the rivers run G D A I don't know how far, I don't know how come Bm G D A But I'm gonna die believin' each step that I take Bm G Ain't worth the ground that I walk on A Bm If we don't walk it our own way Solo: Bm G D A Bm G A D G A D No I don't claim to be a wise man a poet or a saint G D A I'm just another man who's searching for a better way G D G But my heart beats loud as thunder for the things D that I believe G D A Sometimes I wanna run for cover, sometimes I want to scream D G A D Bang a drum for tomorrow, bang a drum for the past G D A Bang a drum for the heros that won't come back D G A Bang a drum for the promise, bang a drum for the D lies G D A Bang a drum for the lovers and the tears they've cried D G A D Bang a drum, bang it loudly or as soft as you need G D But as long as my heart keeps on bangin' A I got a reason to believe G D A D Yeah yeah oh yeah oh let me hear you say: G D A D Yeah, yeah Hallelujah amen G D A D Yeah yeah oh yeah oh let me hear you say: G D A D Yeah, yeah Hallelujah amen ----------------- Acordes ----------------- A = X 0 2 2 2 0 Bm = X 2 4 4 3 2 D = X X 0 2 3 2 G = 3 2 0 0 0 3