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

             E                     F#-7/C#
He cries "Forgive me for what I've done there

           13                
        G#-7/D#                  A
Cause I never meant the things I did"

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

        E              F#-7/C#
And the mirror, mirror on the wall
            13

         G#-7/D#         A
Sees my smile it fades again

Coro

                             11
            E             F#-7/C#
Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now

       13
    G#-7/D#              A
The things I didn't know then
A
Road you gotta take me home

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

    E                F#-7/C#
And it just makes me wonder
               13

            G#-7/D#      A
Why so many lose and so few win

Coro


E
You take the high road
    Ab
And I'll take the low road
                          11

        E              F#-7/C#
Yes Sometimes I wish I didn't know now
       13

    G#-7/D#              A
The things I didn't know then
                           E
And give me something to believe in