D G A D I went to see the preacher to teach me how to prayG D A He looked at me and smiled then that preacher turned awayD G He said "Son, if you want to tell him somethingA D You ain't gotta fold your handsG D A Say it with your heart your soul and believe it, and I'll sayD amen"G A D Bang a drum for the sinners, bang a drum for the sinsG D A Bang a drum for the losers and those who winD G A D Bang a drum, bang it loudly or as soft as you needG D A D Bang a drum for yourself son and a drum for meG D A D Oh-oh- oh-oh-oh oh oh let me hear you say:G D A D Yeah, yeah Hallelujah amenD G A D I called upon my brother just the other day,G D A He said: "Jon, I'm gonna die if I don't start to live againD G A D I work each day and night like clockwork just trying to make ends meetG D A I could kick this bad world's ass if I could just get on my feet"D G A D I'd bang a drum for the dying, bang a drum for the truthG D A Bang a drum for the innocence lost in our youthD G A D Bang a drum bang it loudly or as soft as you needG D A D Bang a drum for you brother and a drum for meG D A D I don't know where all the rivers runG D A I don't know how far, I don't know how comeBm G D A But I'm gonna die believin' each step that I takeBm G Ain't worth the ground that I walk onA Bm If we don't walk it our own wayBm G D A Bm G A D G A D No I don't claim to be a wise man a poet or a saintG D A I'm just another man who's searching for a better wayG D G But my heart beats loud as thunder for the things that ID believeG D A Sometimes I wanna run for cover, sometimes I want to screamD G A D Bang a drum for tomorrow, bang a drum for the pastG D A Bang a drum for the heros that won't come backD G A D Bang a drum for the promise, bang a drum for the liesG D A Bang a drum for the lovers and the tears they've criedD G A D Bang a drum, bang it loudly or as soft as you needG D But as long as my heart keeps on bangin'A I got a reason to believeG D A D Yeah yeah oh yeah oh let me hear you say:G D A D Yeah, yeah Hallelujah amenG D A D Yeah yeah oh yeah oh let me hear you say:G D A D Yeah, yeah Hallelujah amen