Chris LeDoux – Bang A Drum (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
  D                      A               D 
I Went To The Preacher To teach Me How To Pray

   G               D                A 
He Looked At Me And Smiled Then That Preacher Turned Away

             D                G                    A 
Said, "If you want to tell him something, you ain't gotta fold

    D 
your hands

                  G           A                 D 
I Say it with your heart, your soul, and believe it, and I'll

 A 
say, Amen.
[Chorus]
      D                            A             D 
Bang a drum for the sinners, bang a drum for your 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
[Verse 2]
    D                A                 D 
Well 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               A           D 
I work each day and night like clockwork, just tryin' to make ends meet

    G            A                 D                  A 
Well I could kick this bad world's ass if I could just get on my feet
[Chorus]
      D                          A            D 
Bang a drum for the dying, bang a drum for the 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 your brother, and a drum for me

 G                        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

   G             D                   G           D 
But I'm gonna die believin, with each step that I take

               G             D                A 
Ain't worth the ground that I walk if we don't walk it our own

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 way
[Verse 4]
 D                   A         D 
I don't claim to be a wise man, a poet, or a Saint

    G                 D               A 
Just another man who's searchin' for a better way

   D              G               A               D 
But my heart beats loud as thunder, for the things that I believe

 G              A                 D                  A 
Sometimes I want to run for cover, sometimes I want to scream
[Chorus]
      D                      A               D 
Bang a drum for the tomorrow, bang a drum for the past

      G                D         A 
Bang a drum for heroes, who won't come back

      D            G               A        D 
Bang a drum for the promise, bang a drum for the lies

      G            D               A 
Bang a drum for the lovers, and the tears they cry

      D            G             A           D 
Bang a drum bang it loudly, or as soft as you need

              G                 D                   A 
But as long as my heart keeps on banging, I've got a reason to

 D 
  believe