Bang Your Drum

	  		           Dm               A 
The dying light was nearly dead 
       C#m                          A 
By the time we reached the water’s edge. 
            Dm                    F 
We saw the river beating on the river bank 
         C                      E 
For the way that it held it in her riverbed. 

      B          A 
It’s cold, it’s dark, 
               C                  E 
It’s not for people with uneasy hearts. 
                B                   A 
But if you’re with me on the other side, 
                C   G             B 
Strike up the band;   we have survived. 

A E A E x3 

             F# 
And do they beat that drum to get you back home, 

Or do they beat it to keep you away? 

            Dm                A 
Don’t be surprised at your regrets. 
            C#m                             A 
Don’t be surprised that the water made you wet. 
            Dm 
There’s a shallow down river 
            F 
Where the water will forgive you, 
      C                   E 
Soft skin, your lukewarm beds 

       B             A 
Follow me, oh follow me; 
  C                     E 
Allow me to play the voyager. 
             B 
I’ll try to keep you as dry 
          A 
As the hollowed out tree that 
      C         G          B 
You would be wrapped in another man’s fur 

           A  E A E 
So take a dive 
           A  E A E 
Oh take a dive 
            A            E                  A              E 
Oh take it out on the stepping stones that make the water lie 
           C    E          C   E 
So take a dive, oh take a dive 

       A     E          A     E 
Ohohohoh-ohohoh, ohohohoh-ohohoh 

           C  E         C           E 
Take that hair  out of your damned eyes 
            A        E 
While the waves are rain 
         A          E        
And the sum you'll pay. 

         F# 
Do they beat that drum to get you back home, 

Or do they beat it to keep you away? 

         C#m                     E 
Will you burn your bridges down 

Singing lalalalalalala 
         C#m                     E 
Will you burn your bridges down 

Singing lalalalalalala 
         C#m                             E 
Will you bang your drum to the blazing sound 

Singing lalalalalalala 

          G     B 
Will you turn away? 
              G    B 
How can you turn away?