• Song:

    Something To Believe In

  • Artist:

    Poison

  • Album:

    2003-06-11: Hartford, C...

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I don't know the official version of the song, but this is how I play it and I
think it sounds pretty da*n good.  (feel free to judge)

        E (022100@1)                Asus2Well (x02200@1)I see him on the TV preaching 'bout the promised land
   E (022100@1)                                     AsusHe (x02230@1)tells me to believe in Jesus steals the money from my hand
E (022100@1)                F#m (244222@1)    G#m (133111@4)            ASome (x02220@1)say he was a good man lord I think he sinned
E (022100@1)                                      Asus2Twenty (x02200@1)two years of mental tears cries a suicidal Vietnam vet
              EWho (022100@1)fought a losing war on a foreign shore
            Asusto (x02230@1)find his country didn't want him back
      E (022100@1)Their bullets took his best friend in Saigon
                    AsusOur (x02230@1)lawyers took his wife and kids no regrets
     E (022100@1)                        AsusIn (x02230@1)a time I don't remember in a war he can't forget
          E (022100@1)                      F#m (244222@1)              G#mHe (133111@4)cried "Forgive me for what I've done there cause I never meant the
         Athings (x02220@1)I did ...
                                 E (022100@1)    And give me something to believe in
                  Asus (x02230@1)    If there's a lord above
                              E (022100@1)              Asus (x02230@1)    Give me something to believe in,  Oh lord arise
    
   E (022100@1)                                   AsusMy (x02230@1)best friend died a lonely man in some Palm Springs motel room
  E (022100@1)                                     AsusI (x02230@1)got the call last Christmas Eve and they told me the news
  E (022100@1)                                              AsusI (x02230@1)tried all night not to break down and cry as the tears rolled down my face
  E (022100@1)                           AsusI (x02230@1)felt so cold and empty like a lost soul out of place
    E (022100@1)           F#m (244222@1)              G#m (133111@4)             AAnd (x02220@1)mirror mirror on the wall sees a smile than fades again
                                 E (022100@1)    And give me something to believe in
                  Asus (x02230@1)    If there's a lord above
                              E (022100@1)              Asus (x02230@1)    Give me something to believe in,  Oh lord arise

             E (022100@1)          F#m (244222@1)               G#m (133111@4)                 A (x02220@1)Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now the things I didn't know then

     Solo:    (yeah, you're chord players   you don't play solos!)

               EI (022100@1)drive by the homeless sleeping on the cold dark street
     Asuslike (x02230@1)bodies in an open grave
E (022100@1)                                      AsusUnderneath (x02230@1)the broken old neon sign that used to read "Jesus Saves"
  E (022100@1)                                 AsusA (x02230@1)mile away live the rich folks and I see how they livin' it up
          E (022100@1)                                       AsusWhile (x02230@1)the poor they eat from hand to mouth the rich drink from a golden cup
     E (022100@1)             F#m (244222@1)              G#m (133111@4)             AAnd (x02220@1)it just makes me wonder why so many lose and so few win
                                E (022100@1)    Now give me something to believe in
                  Asus (x02230@1)    If there's a lord above
                              E (022100@1)              Asus (x02230@1)    Give me something to believe in,  Oh lord arise

             E (022100@1)          F#m (244222@1)               G#m (133111@4)                 ASometimes (x02220@1)I wish to God I didn't know now the things I didn't know then
                          EOh (022100@1)give me something to believe in.



Know its not perfect ... but it works in every bar I perform in.


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