{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1872142,"song":"Bang To Break The Drum","artist":"Ben Caplan","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11419140-bang-to-break-the-drum-chords-by-ben-caplan/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1872142?type=chord","rating":4.72023,"votes":8,"content":"Dm and Am are the simplest and easiest chords to play for this song that work. However playing Dm and Am \r\nas bar chords on the fifth fret sounds best. Use A+sus4 (Dm) and E+sus4 (Am) for the closest sound to \r\nthe original. \r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nJust like an elephant memory, he comes and never fades[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]                                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nshe turned his stomach upside down as she played the queen of spades[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey pistol-whipped an outcome tossed a coin and called a draw[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]                                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThrew a blanket on a flight of stairs and fasted up his jaw[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWe bang to break the drum[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe rub the shine, we shine the light[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWe light the fuse, the fuse the powder[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nCause the powder makes it right[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWe bang to break the shed[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe shed the skin, we skin the bear[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWe bear the fall, we fall the towers[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nCause the towers brings me there[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe petals fall forever on Picadilly Lane[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]                                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the children take their medicine as they stand to watch the rain[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]                                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe wagon wheels are made of cheese, the moon is made from grass[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]                                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd the wicker drinks the water where the preacher screams for mass[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWe bang to break the drum[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe rub the shine, we shine the light[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWe light the fuse, the fuse the powder[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nCause the powder makes it right[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWe bang to break the shed[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe shed the skin, we skin the bear[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWe bear the fall, we fall the towers[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nCause the towers brings me there[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nNothing about us is flawless as the sirens in her mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe broke apart her diary to judge and defile[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe carnival was sleeping when the doves had gotten free[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe treasure of the secret love is swallowing the key[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWe bang to break the drum[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe rub the shine, we shine the light[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWe light the fuse, the fuse the powder[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nCause the powder makes it right[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWe bang to break the shed[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe shed the skin, we skin the bear[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWe bear the fall, we fall the towers[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nCause the towers brings me there[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]                                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe dead are all we have to set the worthiness of life[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]                              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe angels smoke about the bridges sharpening the knife[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe sedum was a sucker-punch from Michael to the Pope[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe anti-mute wear muzzles and a necklace cut from rope[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWe bang to break the drum[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe rub the shine, we shine the light[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWe light the fuse, the fuse the powder[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nCause the powder makes it right[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWe bang to break the shed[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe shed the skin, we skin the bear[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWe bear the fall, we fall the towers[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nCause the towers brings me there[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe Amish are patrolling over under angry stars[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTo the pilgrimage is set by men who stroke guitars[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe moon upon the caravan is driving thunderheads[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]                                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhile the painter sings about his blues and chokes upon his red[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWe bang to break the drum[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe rub the shine, we shine the light[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWe light the fuse, the fuse the powder[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nCause the powder makes it right[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWe bang to break the shed[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe shed the skin, we skin the bear[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWe bear the fall, we fall the towers[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nCause the towers brings me there[/tab]","plain_text":"Dm and Am are the simplest and easiest chords to play for this song that work. However playing Dm and Am \nas bar chords on the fifth fret sounds best. Use A+sus4 (Dm) and E+sus4 (Am) for the closest sound to \nthe original. \n\n\n[VERSE]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]","chords":["Dm","Am","A","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]}}}