E5
Well I see him on the TV
Ab5
Preachin' 'bout the promised land
   E5
He tells me to believe in Jesus
               Ab5
And steals the money from my hand
E5                 Ab5
Some say he was a good man
    E5               Ab5
But Lord I think he sinned, yeah
E5
Twenty-two years of mental tears
        Ab5
Cries a suicidal Vietnam vet
             E5                  
Who fought a losing war on a foreign shore
            Ab5
To find his country didn't want him back
      E5
Their bullets took his best friend in Saigon
                     Ab5
Our lawyers took his wife, his kids no regrets
     E5
In a time I don't remember
     Ab5
In a war he can't forget
                                      11

             E5                     F#5
He cries "Forgive me for what I've done there

           13                
        G#5                  A5
Cause I never meant the things I did"

Coro:
                           E5
And give me something to believe in
             Ab5
If there's a Lord above
                           E5
And give me something to believe in
    Ab5
Oh, Lord arise
   E5
My best friend died a lonely man
        Ab5
In some Palm Springs hotel room
  E5
I got the call last Christmas Eve
        Ab5
And they told me the news
  E5
I tried all night not to break down and cry
       Ab5
As the tears rolled down my face
  E5
I felt so cold and empty
       Ab5
Like a lost soul out of place
                          11

        E5              F#5
And the mirror, mirror on the wall
            13

         G#5         A5
Sees my smile it fades again

Coro

                             11
            E5             F#5
Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now

       13
    G#5              A5
The things I didn't know then
A5
Road you gotta take me home

Solo
               E5
I drive by the homeless sleeping on a cold dark street
     Ab5
Like bodies in an open grave
E5
Underneath an old broken down neon sign
Ab5
used to read JESUS SAVES
  E5
A mile away live the rich folks
      Ab5
And I see how they're living it up
          E5
While the poor they eat from hand to mouth
            Ab5
The rich is drinkin' from a golden cup
                        11

    E5                F#5
And it just makes me wonder
               13

            G#5      A5
Why so many lose and so few win

Coro


E5
You take the high road
    Ab5
And I'll take the low road
                          11

        E5              F#5
Yes Sometimes I wish I didn't know now
       13

    G#5              A5
The things I didn't know then
                           E5
And give me something to believe in