D                   G/D
Well I see him on the TV preaching 'bout the promised land
   D                                       G/D
He tells me to believe in Jesus steals the money from my hand
D                     G/D  D               G/D
Some say he was a good man lord I think he sinned
D                                        G/D
Twenty two years of mental tears cries a suicidal Vietnam vet


[Verse 2]

             D                                         G/D
Who fought a losing war on a foriegn shore to find his country didn't want him back
      D                                                           G/D
Their bullets took his best friend in Saigon our lawyers took his wife and kids no regrets
     D                          G/D
In a time I don't remember in a war he can't forget
          D                        Em                  D/F#
He cried "Forgive me for what I've done there cause I never meant the
         G
things I did


[Chorus]

N.C.                      D
And give me something to believe in
             G/D
If there's a lord above
                         D
Give me something to believe in
   G/D
Oh lord arise


[Verse 3]

   D                                     G/D
My best friend died a lonley man in some Palm Springs motel room
  D                                       G/D
I got the call last Christmas Eve and they told me the news
  D                                                G/D
I tried all night not to break down and cry as the tears rolled down my face
  D                             G/D
I felt so cold and empty like a lost soul out of place
    D             Em                 D/F#           G
And mirror mirror on the wall see my smile it fades again


[Chorus]

N.C.                      D
And give me something to believe in
             G/D
If there's a lord above
                     D
Give me something to believe in
   G/D
Oh lord arise


[Interlude]

G           D             Em              D/F#                 G
Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now things I didn't know then


[Solo]

G D/G


[Verse 4]

               D                                              G/D
I drive by the homeless sleeping on the cold dark street like bodies in an open grave
D                                        G/D
Underneath the broken old neon sign that used to read "Jesus Saves"
  D                                   G/D
A mile away live the rich folks and I see how they livin' it up
          D                                            D
While the poor they eatin' from hand to mouth the rich drinkin' from a golden cup
D                    Em                 D/F#            G
And it just makes me wonder why so many lose and so few win
N.C.                   D
And give me something to believe in
             G/D
If there's a lord above
                         D
Give me something to believe in
   G/D
Oh lord arise


[Outro]

G           Em                            D/F#                 G
Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now things I didn't know then
                                 D
And give me something to believe in