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