Bang A Drum chords by Bon Jovi, Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I want to see the preacher,
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to teach me how to pray
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He looked at me and smiled
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then that preacher turned away
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He said, if you want to
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tell them something
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You ain't gotta fold your hands
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Say it with your heart,
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your soul and believe it
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And I say, man
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Bang a drum for the sinners
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Bang a drum for the sins
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Bang a drum for the losers
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And those who win
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Bang a drum, bang it loudly
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Or a song that you need
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Bang a drum for yourself, son
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And a drum for me
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Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
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Let me hear say yeah, yeah
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Hallelujah, amen
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I called upon my brother
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Just the other day
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He said, John, I'm gonna die
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If I don't start to live again
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I work each day and night like clockwork
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Just trying to make ends meet
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I could kick this bad world's
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If I could just get on my feet
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I bang a drum for the dying
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Bang a drum for the truth
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Bang a drum for the innocents
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Lost in our youth
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Bangin' low, bangin' loudly
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Or as soft as you need
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Bang a drum for your brother
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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
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I don't know how far
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Without words I believe
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And each step that I take
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Came with the ground,
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now I'm all alone
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No more to keep my love
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I don't claim to be a wise man,
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a poet or a saint
Just another man
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who's searching for a better way
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Put my heart beat loud as thunder
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For the things that I believe
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Sometimes I wanna run
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for cover
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Sometimes I wanna scream
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Bang a drum for tomorrow
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Bang a drum for the past
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Bangin' drum for the heroes
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that won't come back
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Bangin' drum for the promised
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Bangin' drum for the lies
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Bangin' drum for the lovers
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and the tears they've cried
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Bangin' drum, bangin' loud, yeah
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For as long as you need
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For as long as my heart keeps on bangin'
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I got a reason, I got reason
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To me
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Oh yeah
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Yeah
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Hallelujah baby
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Let me hear you say yeah
Yeah
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Yeah
Yeah
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Oh yeah
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Let me hear you say yeah
Yeah
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Hallelujah baby
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Come on now
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Yeah
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Yeah
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Yeah, oh yeah
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Let me hear you say yeah
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Yeah, hallelujah, amen
Alright girls
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Brother
Yeah, oh yeah
Let me hear you say yeah
Yeah, hallelujah, amen
You wrote a 15 year old boy
straight into his grave
and the rest of us, straight to hell.
Bang A Drum
Bon Jovi, Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora
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