Past Belief chords by Dan Bern
Guitar chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
E
Lord
B
Show me a sign
E
That you’re still there
A
That you still care
E
That you’re still with me
B
That you still know me
A B
Before I resign
E
Show me a sign
E
I can’t laugh
C#m
I can’t weep
E
Five nights in a row now
B
Not a second of sleep
A
Is there something
C#m
You want me to know
A B
Well I wish you’d tell me what
E
Give me some kind of show
E
How ‘bout a meteor
C#m
Or a shooting star
E
Or even a drunk
B
Getting thrown out of the bar
A
I’m getting impatient
C#m
And hope is expensive
A
And I’m running low on
B E
Everything these days
E
The waters are rising
C#m
And the world is on fire
E
We’re all just gasoline
B
For the funeral pyre
A
In the palaces morons
C#m
In the hospitals ghouls
A B
Murderers in the towns
E
Rats in the schools
E
Armies of zombies
C#m
And the generals fishing
E
And baby Jesus
B
On a suicide mission
A
And little Mohammed
C#m
Lifeless and brown
A B
And drowning faceless scarecrows
E
Wearing the crown
E
Ten thousand whistlers
C#m
Off-track and off-tune
E
Sixteen drummers
B
Wearing some kind of rune
A
Some kind of amulet
C#m
Some pre-Christian cross
A B
And one man’s lucky roll
E
Is another man’s loss
E
Lord, you should have been there
C#m
Last Saturday night
E
I broke a couple barstools
B
And I broke up a fight
A
I broke three fingers
C#m
They looked kind of Egyptian
A B
And the doctor wouldn’t see me
E
Without a prescription
E
If this is how
C#m
It’s all gonna go
E
I might as well pile up
B
Frequent flier miles and lay low
A
I might as well buy up
C#m
Some spiritual trinkets
A B
Line the walls with paint
E
And start to drink it
E
It’s hard to believe
C#m
It’s goin’ down so fast
E
When Einstein died
B
He thought you built it to last
A
But they threw him in a hole
C#m
And they stole his brain
A
And three days later
B E
It washed up again in the rain
E
Lord, I’ll make you a bargain
C#m
I’ll cut you a deal
E
They can cut off my eyelids
B
And I won’t squeal
A
I won’t spill your secrets
C#m
My soul’s locked tight
A
Just please let me
B E
Get a little sleep tonight
E
Fifty thousand horses
C#m
Ten thousand sheep
E
I’d trade ‘em all
B
For just a second of sleep
A
The kind with dreams though
C#m
You gotta have dreams
A B
I’ve heard about what happens
E
At the other extreme
E
Yeah without them dreams
C#m
You go insane
E
It’s like having mayonnaise
B
Shot into your brain
A
But maybe I’m the exception
C#m
Every dog has its day
A B
Maybe I’m a brand new species
E
What do you say
E C#m E B A C#m A B E
E
So look out the window
C#m
Might be something out there
E
Maybe something to read
B
Here’s a Vanity Fair
A
Winter is coming
C#m
That’s a relief
A B
And I’m willing to go on faith
E
But I’m past belief
E C#m E B A C#m A B E
(lyrics: Dan Bern) Last updated:
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