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


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Bang a drum for the sinners, bang a drum for the 
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sins 
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Bang a drum for the losers and those who win 
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Bang a drum , bang it loudly or as soft as you need
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Bang a drum for yourself son and a drum for me 
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Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh oh oh let me hear you say: 
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Yeah, yeah Hallelujah amen 


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I called upon my brother just the other day, 
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He said: "Jon, I'm gonna die if I don't start to live again 
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I work each day and night like clockwork just 
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trying to make ends meet 
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I could kick this bad world's ass if I could just get on my feet" 


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I'd bang a drum for the dying, bang a drum for the 
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truth 
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Bang a drum for the innocence lost in our youth 
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Bang a drum bang it loudly or as soft as you need 
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Bang a drum for you brother and a drum for me


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I don't know where all the rivers run 
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I don't know how far, I don't know how come 
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But I'm gonna die believin' each step that I take 
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Ain't worth the ground that I walk on 
                 A5          B5
If we don't walk it our own way 

Solo:  
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No I don't claim to be a wise man a poet or a saint
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I'm just  another man who's searching for a better way 
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But my heart beats loud as thunder for the things 
       D5
that I believe 
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Sometimes I wanna run for cover, sometimes I want to scream 


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Bang a drum for tomorrow, bang a drum for the past 
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Bang a drum for the heros that won't come back 
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Bang a drum for the promise, bang a drum for the 
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lies 
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Bang a drum for the lovers and the tears they've cried 
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Bang a drum , bang it loudly or as soft as you need 
                  G5              D5
But as long as my heart keeps on bangin' 
        A5
I got a reason to believe 


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Yeah yeah oh yeah oh let me hear you say: 
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Yeah, yeah Hallelujah amen  
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Yeah yeah oh yeah oh let me hear you say:       
G5           D5          A5     D5
Yeah, yeah  Hallelujah amen