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
