Poison – Something To Believe In
Eb Tuning 134 bpm 4/4 Strumming [Flesh & Blood 1990]
Intro
E E F#m F#m E E F#m F#m
E F#m G#m * A (A)
Verse 1
E E
Well I… see him on the T---V…
F#m F#m
preaching 'bout the promised land…
E E
He tells me to believe in Je-eee-sus…
F#m F#m
Steals the money from my hand…
Bridge
E F#m
Some say he was a good-ddd man…
G#m * A (A) (A)(A)
Lord I think he sinned-ddd… Yeah-hhh-hhh…
Verse 2
E E
“Twenty two years of men-nnn-tal tears…”
F#m F#m
cries a suicidal Vietnam vet…
E E
Who fought a losing war on a fo-ooo-reign shore
F#m F#m
to find his country didn't want him back…
Verse 3
E E
Their bullets took his best friend in Sai-iii-gon
F#m F#m
our lawyers took his wife and kids no regrets…
E E
In a time I don't re-eee-member…
F#m F#m
In a war he can't forget…
Pre Chorus 1
E F#m
He cried "Forgive me for what I've done-eee there…
G#m A A A ^ A
‘cause I never meant the things I did-ddd…
Chorus 1
E E
and give me something to believe in…
A A
if there's a Lord above…
E E
Give me something to believe in…
A A
Oh Lord arise…”
Verse 4
E E
My best friend died a lone-eee-ly man…
F#m F#m
in some Palm Springs motel room…
E E
I got the call last Christ-ttt-mas Eve and they…
F#m F#m
told me the news…
Verse 5
E E
I tried all night not to break down and cry…
F#m F#m
as the tears rolled down my face…
E E
I felt so cold and emp-ppp-ty…
F#m F#m
like a lost soul out of place…
Pre Chorus 2
E F#m
and mirror mirror on-nnn the wall…
G#m A A A ^ A
see my smile it fades again-nnn…
Chorus 2
E E
Uh… Give me something to believe in…
A A
if there's a Lord above…
E E
Uh… Give me something to believe in…
A A
Oh Lord arise…
Middle 8
E F#m
Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now…
G#m A A A A
things I didn't know then…
Solo
B B A A B B A A
E E **^ A (A) E E **^ A A
E F#m G#m * A (A)(A)(A)
Verse 6
* E * E
I drive by the homeless sleeping on the cold-ddd
* F#m * F#m
dark street… like bodies in an open grave…
* E * E
Underneath the broken old neon sign…
* F#m * F#m
that used to read "Jesus Saves"…
Verse 7
E E
A mile away live the rich-hhh folks…
F#m F#m
and I see how they livin' it up…
E E
While the poor they eatin' from hand-ddd to mouth…
F#m F#m
the rich drinkin' from a golden cup…
Pre Chorus 3
E F#m
and it just makes me won-nnn-der
G#m A A A ^ A
why so many lose-eee and so few win-nnn-nnn… Hah…
Refrain
E E
Give me something to believe in…
A A
UH… GIVE ME SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN-NNN-NNN…
E E
Give me something to believe in…
A A
There's a Lord above…
UH… GIVE ME SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN-NNN-NNN-NNN…
E E
Give me something to believe in…
A A
Oh Lord-ddd arise…
UH… GIVE ME SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN-NNN-NNN…
E E
Give me something to believe in…
TAKE THE HIGH-HHH ROAD…
A A
Oh Lord arise…
GIVE ME SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN-NNN-NNN-NNN…
E E
Give me something to believe in…
TAKE THE HIGH-HHH ROAD…
A A
There's a Lord above…
GIVE ME SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN-NNN-NNN-NNN…
E E
Give me something to believe in…
TAKE THE HIGH-HHH ROAD…
A A
Oh Lord arise…
GIVE ME SOMETHING TO BELIEVE IN-NNN-NNN-NNN…
Outro
E F#m
Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now…
G#m A A
things I didn't know then…
E F#m E * F#m
(E) (F#m) * E
and give me something to believe in… Yeah-hhh…
Note:
E = 022300
F#m = 044200
G#m = 066400
A = 077600
B = 099800
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