D
Well I see him on the TV
G~D
preaching ’bout the promised land
D
He tells me to believe in Jesus
G~D
steals the money from my hand
D
G~D
Some say he was a good man
D
G~D
lord I think he sinned
D
Twenty two years of mental tears
G~D
cries a suicidal Vietnam vet
D
Who fought a losing war on a foriegn shore
G~D
to find his country didn’t want him back
D
Their bullets took his best friend in Saigon
G~D
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
He cried “Forgive me for what I’ve done there
D~F~
G
cause I never meant the things I did
D
And give me something believe in
G~D
If there’s a lord above
D
Give me something to believe in
G~D
Oh lord arise
D
My best friend died a lonley man
G~D
in some Palm Springs motel room
D
I got the call last Christmas Eve
G~D
and they told me the news
D
I tried all night not to break down and cry
G~D
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
And mirror mirror on the wall
D~F~
G
see my smile it fades again
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 arisee
G
D
Em
Sometimes I wish to God I didn’t know now
D~F~
G
the things I didn’t know then
D
I drive by the homeless sleeping
G~D
like bodies in an open grave
D
Underneath the broken old neon sign
G~D
that used to read “Jesus Saves”
D
A mile away live the rich folks
G~D
and I see how they livin’ it up
D
While the poor they eatin’ from hand to mouth
D
the rich drinkin’ from a golden cup
D
Em
And it just makes me wonder why
D~F~
G
so many lose and so few win
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
G
Em
Sometimes I wish to God I didn’t know
D~F~
G
now things I didn’t know then
D
And give me something to believe in
G~D
D~F~
G
D
Em
