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Something To Believe In Acoustic

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E       022100
Esus2   024400
A6      0442X0
Emaj7   466400 (X66400 or 466X00) 
A       077650
B        099870

Intro:

E A6 (x2)
E A6 Emaj7 A A
    E                  A6
Well I see him on the TV preaching 'bout the promised lands
   E                                   A6
He tells me to believe in Jesus steals them money from my hand

E                  A6   Emaj7                   A     A
Some say he was a good man but lord I think he sinned  Yeah All right

E                                A6
Twenty two years of mental tears cries a suicidal Vietnam vet

E                                         A6
Who fought a losing war on a foriegn shore to find his country didn't want him back

E                                                       A6
Their bullets took his best friend in Saigon our lawyers took his wife and kids no regrets

E                          A6     
In a time I don't remember in a war he can't forget

           E               A6                   Emaj7                    A  A
He cried "Forgive me for what I've done there cause I never meant the things I did�

(no chord)                   E
And give me something to believe in

            A6
If there's a Lord above

                   E      
Give me something to believe in

   A6
Oh lord arise

E(one strum)                     A6(DUDU quick)
My best friend died a lonley man in some Palm Springs motel room

                                       
E(one strum)                      A6(one strum)
I got the call last Christmas Eve and they told me the news

E                                       A6
I tried all night not to break down and cry as the tears rolled down my face

E                        A6  
I felt so cold and empty like a lost soul out of place

    E             A6                 Emaj7             A    A
And mirror mirror on the wall see my smile it fades again

(no chord)                  E
And give me something to believe in

             A6
If there's a lord above

                       E    
Give me something to believe in

   A6   
Oh lord arise

            E             A6                 Emaj7                   A
Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now the things I didn't know then


A B X2 A A
E A6 (x2)
E A6 Emaj7 A A
     
             E                                          A6
I drive by the homeless sleeping on the cold dark street like bodies in an open grave

E                                        A6
Underneath the broken old neon sign that used to read "Jesus Saves"

  E                                   A6
A mile away live the rich folks and I see how they livin' it up

         E                                        A6      
While the poor they eatin' from hand to mouth they drinkin' from a golden cup

E                    A6     Emaj7                       A   A
And it just makes me wonder why so many lose and so few win

(no chord)                 E
And give me something to believe in
            A6
If there's a lord above
                     E   
Give me something to believe in
   A6
Oh lord arise
 
Repeat chorus with just �give me something to believe in�

            E             A6                 Emaj7                   A  A
Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now the things I didn't know then

E A6 Emaj7 A

(no chord)                 E(one strum)
And give me something to believe in

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