bang drum
Bon Jovi
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Tom : D
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
[Trecho 2x]
G D A D
Yeah yeah oh yeah oh let me hear you say:
G D A D
Yeah, yeah Hallelujah amen
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