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