Something to Believe In (MTV Unplugged Version) Poison Open E Tuning (EBEG#BE) CHORDS: E F#m Abm A B (A) (Asus2) -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -x- -x- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -x- -x- -0- -1- -3- -5- -7- -x- -x- -0- -2- -4- -5- -7- -5- -5- -0- -2- -4- -5- -7- -5- -7- -0- -0- -0- -0- -0- -5- -5- INTRO: E F#m E F#m Abm F#m Abm A E I came home from school on Tuesday F#m To find my mother gone E Why she left I?ll never know F#m It seemed like they got along Abm F#m But one of these days I?d like to know Abm A Just where it all went wrong E A woman torn to tears asks F#m Who the real criminals are E Or when they told ?er her husband died F#m Fighting in another country?s drug wars E She said it isn?t the kids on the streets without a dream F#m Shooting up the dealer?s smack E It?s them a red-tape politicians F#m Digging on the drug lords kick-backs Abm F#m Isn?t it funny what power and money Abm A Can do to the soul of a man? E And give me something to believe in F#m If there?s a lord above E I give me something to believe in F#m If there?s a lord above E He got a second job at night now F#m Just to help pay the bills E And there he worked for the rest of his life F#m Cuz his wife had taken him in E Now he lives on a bottle of courage F#m He buys at the liquor store E He did his family real good F#m Till he couldn?t do it anymore Abm F#m Whatever he found, why he broke down Abm A No one?s really sure E Just needed something to believe in F#m If there?s a lord above E He needed something to believe in F#m Oh lord arise Abm F#m The tracks of society?s racial on the old man?s face Abm A His eyes blood red lay to waste SOLO CHORDS (see bottom for timing of A to Asus2 chords): B A B A E (A) (Asus2) (A) (Asus2) E (A) (Asus2) (A) (Asus2) Abm F#m Abm A E Well the mirror tells a different story F#m Than the one that?s playin? in my mind E Every time I swear I?m lookin? younger F#m The more lines that I find E I guess I learned to trade youth for wisdom F#m And lust in for romance E It?s all written in the stages and phases F#m Of life?s little dance Abm F#m And when I wanna bitch about growin? old Abm A I think of how many never had a chance E It gives me something to believe in F#m E F#m E F#m Oh lord arise (x4) Abm F#m Sometimes I wish I didn?t know now Abm A E F#m Abm A Things I didn?t know then E And give me something to believe in Solo timing: A Asus2 A Asus2 |--x----x--x--x--x------x----x--x----| |--x----x--x--x--x------x----x--x----| |--x----x--x--x--x------x----x--x----| |--5----5--5--5--5------5----5--5----| |--5----5--5--7--5------5----7--5----| |--5----5--5--5--5------5----5--5----|