Bang A Drum Cifras

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