(This is a pretty close rendition. The key to this song is letting the E string
ring out through the entire verse just as it does on the album. I don't know
what to call this chord, so I call it A/F#m, but I'm reasonably sure its named incorrectly and could
easily be some sort of C#7#9sus4 just look at the fingering I gave you. It's easy.)
Play A/F#m like so: (044200)
Play G#m/E like so: (066400)
Play A/E like so: (077600)
[Verse 1]
E A/F#m
Well I see him on the TV preaching 'bout the promised land
E A/F#m
He tells me to believe in Jesus steals the money from my hand
E A/F#m G#m/E A/E
Some say he was a good man lord I think he sinned
E A/F#m
Twenty two years of mental tears cries a suicidal Vietnam vet
E
Who fought a losing war on a foreign shore
A/F#m
to find his country didn't want him back
E
Their bullets took his best friend in Saigon
A/F#m
Our lawyers took his wife and kids no regrets
E A/F#m
In a time I don't remember in a war he can't forget
E A/F#m G#m/E
He cried "Forgive me for what I've done there cause I never meant the
A/E
things I did
[Chorus]
E
And give me something to believe in
Asus2
If there's a lord above
E Asus2
Give me something to believe in, Oh lord arise
[Verse 2]
E A/F#m
My best friend died a lonely man in some Palm Springs motel room
E A/F#m
I got the call last Christmas Eve and they told me the news
E A/F#m
I tried all night not to break down and cry as the tears rolled down my face
E A/F#m
I felt so cold and empty like a lost soul out of place
E A/F#m G#m/E A/E
And mirror mirror on the wall sees a smile than fades again
[Chorus]
E
And give me something to believe in
Asus2
If there's a lord above
E Asus2
Give me something to believe in, Oh lord arise
[Bridge]
E A/F#m G#m/E A/E
Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now the things I didn't know then
[Solo]
B(barchord)-A(Barchord)[x2] E-Asus2[x2] E-A/F#m-G#m/E-A/E
[Verse 3]
E
I drive by the homeless sleeping on the cold dark street
A/F#m
like bodies in an open grave
E A/F#m
Underneath the broken old neon sign that used to read "Jesus Saves"
E A/F#m
A mile away live the rich folks and I see how they livin' it up
E A/F#m
While the poor they eat from hand to mouth the rich drink from a golden cup
E A/F#m G#m/E A/E
And it just makes me wonder why so many lose and so few win
[Chorus]
E
Now give me something to believe in
Asus2
If there's a lord above
E Asus2
Give me something to believe in, Oh lord arise
E A/F#m G#m/E A/E
Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now the things I didn't know then
E
Oh give me something to believe in.
(There's actually only 4 chords in this song plus the bridge)