CFGC I went to see the preacher to teach me how to pray
FCG He looked at me and smiled then that preacher turned away
CFGC He said if you want to tell him something, you ain't gotta fold your hands
FCGC Say it with your heart your soul and believe it, and I'll say amen"
CFGC Bang a drum for the sinners, bang a drum for the sins
FCG Bang a drum for the losers and those who win
CFGC Bang a drum, bang it loudly or as soft as you need
FCGC Bang a drum for yourself son and a drum for me
CFGCFCGC Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh oh oh let me hear you say: "yeah, (yeah) Hallelujah amen"
CFGC I called upon my brother just the other day,
FCG He said: "Jon, I'm gonna die if I don't start to live again
CFGC I work each day and night like clockwork just tryin' to make ends meet
FCG I could kick this bad world's ass if I could just get on my feet"
CFGC I'd Bang a drum for the crying, Bang a drum for the truth
FCG Bang a drum for the innocence lost in our youth
CFGC Bang a drum bang it loudly or as soft as you need
FCGC Bang a drum for you brother and a drum for me
FCGC I don't know where all the rivers run
FCG I don't know how far, I don't know how come
AmFCG But I'm gonna die believin' each step that I take
AmFGAm F C G Am F G Ain't worth the ground that I walk, if we don't walk it our own way
CFGC No I don't claim to be a wise man a poet or a saint
FCG I'm just another man who's searchin' for a better way
FCFC But my heart beats loud as thunder for the things that I believe
FCG Sometimes I wanna run for cover, sometimes I want to scream
CFGC Bang a drum for tomorrow, bang a drum for the past
FCG Bang a drum for the heroes that won't come back
CFGC Bang a drum for the promise, bang a drum for the lies
FCG Bang a drum for the lovers and the tears they've cried
CFGC Bang a drum, bang it loudly or as soft as you need
FCG But as long as my heart keeps on bangin' I got a reason…
FCGC to believe! Yeah! Yeah, oh yeah!
FCGC oh let me hear you say: Yeah, (yeah) Hallelujah amen
FCGC Yeah yeah oh yeah
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