Chords with lyrics
Verse:
C majorC G+G
Mama was born on a Sunday
D MajorD G+G
My daddy on a Friday night
E minorEm C majorC
My sister was born in the back of a bus
D MajorD G+G
In a bucket of dynamite
C majorC G+G
Me it’s a little crazy
D MajorD G+G
I know it sounds strange but it’s true
E minorEm C majorC
I was born at the bottom of the ocean
D MajorD G+G
Back in 1892
C majorC G+G
If I had a hammer
D MajorD G+G
If I had a gun
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD G+G
Well I wouldn’t know what to do with either one
C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G
But if I had a Cadillac and a couple of hours to spend
E minorEm C majorC
Guess I’d drive as far as the day would allow
D MajorD G+G
Wake up and do it again
Chorus:
C majorC G+G
Bangin’ on the Buddha
C majorC G+G
Bangin’ all night and day
C majorC G+G
Tryin’ to find a little peace of mind
D MajorD G+G
Just wastin’ my life away
Verse:
C majorC G+G
My baby told me baby
D MajorD G+G
I’m headin’ on back to Viet Nam
E minorEm C majorC
You can keep the kids and cadavers
D MajorD G+G
All the babies and the bombs
C majorC G+G
Tell all your friends
D MajorD G+G
Down there at the CIA
E minorEm C majorC
You can turn back the hands of time boys
D MajorD G+G
But you’re never gonna; get away from
Chorus:
C majorC G+G
Bangin’ on the Buddha
C majorC G+G
Bangin’ all night and day
C majorC G+G
Tryin’ to find a little peace of mind
D MajorD G+G
Just wastin’ my life away
C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G
Hey-ey yeah, yeah, yeah
C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G
Wastin’ my life away, yeah, yeah
C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G
Wastin’ my life away
Verse:
C majorC G+G
And if one day the sky turned black
D MajorD G+G
Just a cold shade of gray
E minorEm C majorC
And the birds up in that charcoal sky
D MajorD G+G
All up and flew away
C majorC G+G
And all the Gods with their wine and their whiskey
D MajorD G+G
All told us to go to hell
E minorEm C majorC
And left us here all by our lonesome
D MajorD G+G
Tell me how’d we ever tell, we’d just be
Chorus:
C majorC G+G
Bangin’ on the Buddha
C majorC G+G
Bangin’ all night and day
C majorC G+G
Tryin’ to find a little peace of mind
D MajorD G+G
Just wastin’ our lives away
C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G
Hey-ey yeah, yeah, yeah
C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G
Wastin’ our lives away, yeah, yeah
C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G
Wastin’ our lives away
C majorC G+G D MajorD G+G C majorC G+G
Just wastin’ our lives away