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Something To Believe In by Poison - Guitar Chords

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            (This is a pretty close rendition. The key to this song is letting the E string 
ring out through the entire verse just as it does on the album.)

Play F#m11/E like so:  044200 (short name for F#m7add11/E)
Play Emaj7 like so:    066400
Play Aadd9/E like so:  077600


[Verse 1]
        E                  F#m11/E
Well I see him on the TV preaching 'bout the promised land
   E                                       F#m11/E
He tells me to believe in Jesus steals the money from my hand
E                 F#m11/E  Emaj7             Aadd9/E
Some say he was a good man lord I think he sinned
E                                        F#m11/E
Twenty two years of mental tears cries a suicidal Vietnam vet
              E
Who fought a losing war on a foreign shore
            F#m11/E
to find his country didn't want him back
      E
Their bullets took his best friend in Saigon
                     F#m11/E
Our lawyers took his wife and kids no regrets
     E                         F#m11/E
In a time I don't remember in a war he can't forget
              E                    F#m11/E            Emaj7
He cried "Forgive me for what I've done there cause I never meant the
         Aadd9/E
things I did

[Chorus]
                            E
And give me something to believe in
             Asus2
If there's a lord above
                         E                Asus2
Give me something to believe in,  Oh lord arise

[Verse 2]
   E                                     F#m11/E
My best friend died a lonely man in some Palm Springs motel room
  E                                       F#m11/E
I got the call last Christmas Eve and they told me the news
  E                                                F#m11/E
I tried all night not to break down and cry as the tears rolled down my face
  E                             F#m11/E
I felt so cold and empty like a lost soul out of place
    E            F#m11/E             Emaj7             Aadd9/E
And mirror mirror on the wall sees a smile than fades again

[Chorus]
                            E
And give me something to believe in
             Asus2
If there's a lord above
                         E                Asus2
Give me something to believe in,  Oh lord arise

[Bridge]
             E            F#m11/E             Emaj7                 Aadd9/E
Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now the things I didn't know then

[Solo]
B (bar chord) - A (bar chord) (x2)
E Asus2 (x2)
E F#m11/E Emaj7 Aadd9/E

[Verse 3]
               E
I drive by the homeless sleeping on the cold dark street
     F#m11/E
like bodies in an open grave
E                                        F#m11/E
Underneath the broken old neon sign that used to read "Jesus Saves"
  E                                   F#m11/E
A mile away live the rich folks and I see how they livin' it up
          E                                         F#m11/E
While the poor they eat from hand to mouth the rich drink from a golden cup
     E               F#m11/E            Emaj7           Aadd9/E
And it just makes me wonder why so many lose and so few win

[Chorus]
                           E
Now give me something to believe in
             Asus2
If there's a lord above
                         E                Asus2
Give me something to believe in,  Oh lord arise
             E            F#m11/E             Emaj7                 Aadd9/E
Sometimes I wish to God I didn't know now the things I didn't know then
                          E
Oh give me something to believe in.

(There's actually only 4 chords in this song plus the bridge)
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