Chords for Poison - "Something To Believe In" acoustic on Arsenio, December 1990
Tempo:
141.85 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Cm
Ab
Dm
Gb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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from the heavens to rock and roll you've seen this group rock out with their band but tonight
musical performance and it's purest there's something
believe in from their album flesh and blood this is [Dm] poison
[Gb] I [Eb] see him out of T.V.
about to promise lands
tells me believe on Jesus
[Ab] steals the money from my hands
Some say he was [Cm] a good man
musical performance and it's purest there's something
believe in from their album flesh and blood this is [Dm] poison
[Gb] I [Eb] see him out of T.V.
about to promise lands
tells me believe on Jesus
[Ab] steals the money from my hands
Some say he was [Cm] a good man
100% ➙ 142BPM
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Cm
Ab
Dm
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_ _ _ _ from the heavens to rock and roll you've seen _ _ _ _ _ _ this group rock out with their band but tonight
you're gonna hear a very special musical performance and it's _ purest _ _ _ _ there's something
to believe in from their album flesh and blood _ this is _ [Dm] poison _
_ [Gb] I _ _ [Eb] _ see him out of T.V.
_ [Cm] He's about to promise lands
_ _ [Eb] He tells me believe on Jesus
And [Ab] steals the money from my hands
_ [Eb] _
Some say he was [Cm] a good man
[Eb] _ Lord I think he's [Ab] _
seen me
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] Twenty two years of mental tears
[F] Cries of suicide on Vietnam Bay
_ [Eb] Moved by the losing war on a foreign shore
[Cm] Found his country didn't want him back _
[Eb] The police took his best friend to Saigon
Lawyers took [Ab] his wife his kids no regrets
[Eb] In a time I don't _ remember
And [Cm] a war he can't forget _
[Eb] He cried forgive me for what [Cm] I done there
[Eb] Cause I never meant the things [Ab] I _ did _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Give me something to [Eb]
believe in
_ _ _ If there's a lord above
_ I'll give you something to believe in yeah _ _ _
[Cm] Oh lord _ arise
_ _ [Eb]
My best friend died a lonely man _
Some Palm Springs hotel room _ _
I got the call last Christmas evening
[Cm] _ Told me the news _
[Eb] I tried all night not to break down and cry
As [Cm] the tears rolled down my face
[Eb] _ _ God it seems so cold here
[Cm] So lonely in this place
_ [Eb] _ Mirror mirror [Cm] on the [Eb] wall
See my smiling face [Ab] _ _
_ _ again
_ _ Give _ _ _ _ me [Eb] something to believe in yeah
Give me something [Cm] to believe in
_ _ I'll give you [Eb] something to believe in yeah
_ Give me something [Cm] to believe in
Sometimes _ _ [Eb] I wish to God I [Cm] didn't know now
Things I didn't know [Ab] _ then _
_ Road you gotta take me _ home
To [Bb] my home _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ I _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ drive by homeless sleeping on a cold dark street
That fight is in an old palm grail _
_ _ Underneath the broken old neon sign
I [Cm] used to read Jesus saves _
[Eb] I'm all the way to the rich folk
[Cm] And I see how they're living it up
[Eb] While the poor they eat from hand to mouth
[Cm] Rich drink it from a golden cup _
[Eb] _ It just makes me [Cm] wonder
So [Eb] many news I'm [Ab] viewing _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Give me _ something
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _
Something to _ _ believe in yeah
_ Thank _ _ _ _ _ _ you very much _
They'll _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [G] be back to [Ab] talk _ and sing
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
you're gonna hear a very special musical performance and it's _ purest _ _ _ _ there's something
to believe in from their album flesh and blood _ this is _ [Dm] poison _
_ [Gb] I _ _ [Eb] _ see him out of T.V.
_ [Cm] He's about to promise lands
_ _ [Eb] He tells me believe on Jesus
And [Ab] steals the money from my hands
_ [Eb] _
Some say he was [Cm] a good man
[Eb] _ Lord I think he's [Ab] _
seen me
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] Twenty two years of mental tears
[F] Cries of suicide on Vietnam Bay
_ [Eb] Moved by the losing war on a foreign shore
[Cm] Found his country didn't want him back _
[Eb] The police took his best friend to Saigon
Lawyers took [Ab] his wife his kids no regrets
[Eb] In a time I don't _ remember
And [Cm] a war he can't forget _
[Eb] He cried forgive me for what [Cm] I done there
[Eb] Cause I never meant the things [Ab] I _ did _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Give me something to [Eb]
believe in
_ _ _ If there's a lord above
_ I'll give you something to believe in yeah _ _ _
[Cm] Oh lord _ arise
_ _ [Eb]
My best friend died a lonely man _
Some Palm Springs hotel room _ _
I got the call last Christmas evening
[Cm] _ Told me the news _
[Eb] I tried all night not to break down and cry
As [Cm] the tears rolled down my face
[Eb] _ _ God it seems so cold here
[Cm] So lonely in this place
_ [Eb] _ Mirror mirror [Cm] on the [Eb] wall
See my smiling face [Ab] _ _
_ _ again
_ _ Give _ _ _ _ me [Eb] something to believe in yeah
Give me something [Cm] to believe in
_ _ I'll give you [Eb] something to believe in yeah
_ Give me something [Cm] to believe in
Sometimes _ _ [Eb] I wish to God I [Cm] didn't know now
Things I didn't know [Ab] _ then _
_ Road you gotta take me _ home
To [Bb] my home _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ I _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ drive by homeless sleeping on a cold dark street
That fight is in an old palm grail _
_ _ Underneath the broken old neon sign
I [Cm] used to read Jesus saves _
[Eb] I'm all the way to the rich folk
[Cm] And I see how they're living it up
[Eb] While the poor they eat from hand to mouth
[Cm] Rich drink it from a golden cup _
[Eb] _ It just makes me [Cm] wonder
So [Eb] many news I'm [Ab] viewing _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Give me _ something
_ _ _ _ [Eb] _
Something to _ _ believe in yeah
_ Thank _ _ _ _ _ _ you very much _
They'll _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [G] be back to [Ab] talk _ and sing
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _