Intro: Bm |A |G |Am
Bm
You can preach it, and you can teach it
A
Do you believe it (But do you believe it)
G
You can preach it, and you can teach it
A
Do you believe it (Ooh, yeah)
Bm
You can preach it, and you can teach it
A
Do you believe it (Do you believe it)
G
You can preach it, and you can teach it
Gm
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa-oh
Post Chorus
Bm A G E
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa-oh
Bm A G E
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa-oh
Verse
Bm A G E
I got my back up to the edge of the room
Bm A G E
You left me nowhere to hide
Bm A G E
Your words of venom spitting salt in my wounds
Bm A G E
'Cause I'm paralyzed
D C#m C
Feet in the clouds, my head on the ground
Bm A G E
(Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa)
G A
I'm begging you please
Just take me down to the river to drown
Bm A
You can preach it, and you can teach it
G E
But do you believe it (Take me down to the river to drown)
Bm A
'Cause you can preach it, and you can teach it
G E
But do you believe it
Verse
Bm A G E
It's getting clearer to me every day
Bm A G E
You leave a wake of destruction
Bm A G
All this talk
E |Bm A G E
Is still gonna leave me with nothing
Pre Chorus
D C#m C
Feet in the clouds, my head on the ground
Bm A G E
(Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa)
G A
I'm begging you please
Just take me down to the river to drown
Bm A
You can preach it, and you can teach it
G E
But do you believe it (Take me down to the river to drown)
Bm A
'Cause you can preach it, and you can teach it
G E
But do you believe it (Just take me down to the river to drown)
Bm A
You can preach it, and you can teach it
G E
But do you believe it (Just take me down to the river to drown)
Bm A
'Cause you can preach it, and you can teach it
G E
But do you believe it (Just take me down to the river)
Instrumental x2
|Bm |A |G |E
|Bm |C#m |G |E C#m
Bridge
Bm
You never think about the crazy things you always say
G
I wonder if you even notice that you stand in my way
E G
Won't feel when you feel it out
E C#m
Just take me down to the river to drown
N.C.
You can preach it, and you can teach it
But do you believe it (Take me down to the river to drown)
N.C.
'Cause you can preach it, and you can teach it
But do you believe it (Just take me down to the river to drown)
Bm A
You can preach it, and you can teach it
G E
But do you believe it (take me down to the river to drown)
Bm A
'Cause you can preach it, and you can teach it
G E
But do you believe it (take me down to the river to drown)
Bm A
You can preach it, and you can teach it
G E
But do you believe it (Take me down to the river to drown)
Bm A
'Cause you can preach it, and you can teach it
G E
But do you believe it (Hey! Take me down to the river to drown)
Bm A
You can preach it, and you can teach it
G E
But do you believe it (Oh, take me down to the river to drown)
Bm A
'Cause you can preach it, and you can teach it
G E
But do you believe it (Oh, just take me down to the river)
Outro
Bm
Down to the river, down to the river
G
Down to the river, down to the river
E
Down to the river, down to the river
G |E F#m |D C#m
Down to the river
Bm
Down to the river, down to the river
G
Down to the river, down to the river
E |G
Down to the river, down to the river
E F#m D C#m
Down to the river