D               G           A               D
I went to see the preacher to teach me how to pray
   G                D                A
He looked at me and smiled then that preacher turned away 
                     D                G
He said "Son, if you want to tell him something 
          A               D
You ain't gotta fold your hands 
                 G                   D
Say it with your heart your soul and believe it, 
         A       D
and I'll say amen ” 


                    G               A
Bang a drum for the sinners, bang a drum for the 
D
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 
G     D     A     D
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh oh oh let me hear you say: 
G          D          A    D
Yeah, yeah Hallelujah amen 


  D              G                A     D
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
I work each day and night like clockwork just 
A                   D
trying to make ends meet 
        G                     D               A
I could kick this bad world's ass if I could just get on my feet" 


           D            G             A
I'd bang a drum for the dying, bang a drum for the 
D
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 you brother and a drum for me


G       D                  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 
        Bm        G         D                A
But I'm gonna die believin' each step that I take 
                Bm            G
Ain't worth the ground that I walk on 
                 A          Bm
If we don't walk it our own way 

Solo:  
Bm G D A Bm G A 

           D             G          A         D
No I don't claim to be a wise man a poet or a saint
    G             D                         A 
I'm just  another man who's searching for a better way 
       G                   D               G
But my heart beats loud as thunder for the things 
       D
that I believe 
            G             D          A
Sometimes I wanna run for cover, sometimes I want to scream 


       D            G            A            D
Bang a drum for tomorrow, bang a drum for the past 
       G            D          A
Bang a drum for the heros that won't come back 
       D            G               A
Bang a drum for the promise, bang a drum for the 
D
lies 
       G            D              A
Bang a drum for the lovers and the tears they've cried 
       D             G            A           D
Bang a drum , bang it loudly or as soft as you need 
                  G              D
But as long as my heart keeps on bangin' 
        A
I got a reason to believe 


G    D    A       D
Yeah yeah oh yeah oh let me hear you say: 
G          D          A    D
Yeah, yeah Hallelujah amen  
G    D    A       D
Yeah yeah oh yeah oh let me hear you say:       
G           D          A     D
Yeah, yeah  Hallelujah amen