{"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":1697595,"song":"Bang A Drum","artist":"Jon Bon Jovi","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1697595-bang-a-drum-chords-by-jon-bon-jovi/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1697595?type=chord","rating":4.8859,"votes":67,"content":"[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch] \r\nI went to see the preacher to teach me how to pray [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch] \r\nHe looked at me and smiled then that preacher turned away [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch] \r\nHe said if you want to tell him something, you ain't gotta fold your hands [/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSay it with your heart your soul and believe it, and I'll say amen\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch] \r\nBang a drum for the sinners, bang a drum for the sins [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch] \r\nBang a drum for the losers and those who win [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch] \r\nBang a drum, bang it loudly or as soft as you need [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch] \r\nBang a drum for yourself son and a drum for me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh-oh-oh-oh-oh oh oh let me hear you say: \"yeah, (yeah) Hallelujah amen\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI called upon my brother just the other day, [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]            \r\nHe said: \"Jon, I'm gonna die if I don't start to live again [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI work each day and night like clockwork just tryin' to make ends meet [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch] \r\nI could kick this bad world's ass if I could just get on my feet\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch] \r\nI'd Bang a drum for the crying, Bang a drum for the truth [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch] \r\nBang a drum for the innocence lost in our youth [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch] \r\nBang a drum bang it loudly or as soft as you need [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch] \r\nBang a drum for you brother and a drum for me[/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch] \r\nI don't know where all the rivers run [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch] \r\nI don't know how far, I don't know how come [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch] \r\nBut I'm gonna die believin' each step that I take [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAin't worth the ground that I walk, if we don't walk it our own way[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo I don't claim to be a wise man a poet or a saint [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch] \r\nI'm just another man who's searchin' for a better way [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch] \r\nBut my heart beats loud as thunder for the things that I believe [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch] \r\nSometimes I wanna run for cover, sometimes I want to scream [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch] \r\nBang a drum for tomorrow, bang a drum for the past [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch] \r\nBang a drum for the heroes that won't come back [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch] \r\nBang a drum for the promise, bang a drum for the lies [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch] \r\nBang a drum for the lovers and the tears they've cried [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch] \r\nBang a drum, bang it loudly or as soft as you need [/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut as long as my heart keeps on bangin' I got a reason… [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]      \r\nto believe! Yeah! Yeah, oh yeah! [/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] \r\noh let me hear you say: Yeah, (yeah) Hallelujah amen [/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch] \r\nYeah yeah oh yeah[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch] \r\nOh let me hear you say: Yeah,(yeah) Hallelujah amen[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\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\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["C","F","G","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}