Prayer for an Innocent Man
Keith Kane
 
 
 

 

Organ Intro*:

D, A, G, A, D, A, G, A,

Bm, G, A, Bm, G, A, Bm, G, A, Bm, A

*Obviously it's hard to get the feel of the organ on a guitar, but if you really want to play what VH plays, you can fingerpick it and it sounds ok. All I can advise to pick up the changes is to play along with the intro.
 
 

 Bm   A    E

e-2-  -0-  -0-
b-3-  -2-  -0-
g-4-  -2-  -1-
d-4-  -2-  -2-
a-2-  -0-  -2-
E-2-  -x-  -0-
 

Guitar Intro:

Bm, A*(see end), Bm, A  E  (twice)
 

Verses 1 & 3:

                 Bm                   A             Bm                     A        E
Oh won't you listen oh Lord to my plea for justice, Can't you hear my cry for help,

Bm                 A                   E        A      Bm
Try to heed my honest prayer, and judge me in my favor..
 
 

Verse 2 (one difference):

Bm                    A  Bm                   A       E
Cause you know my heart, you have come to me at night.

Bm                A         Bm             A          E
it's so hard to speak no evil, in a hole deprived of light.
 
 

Chorus:

   G    C     D

e-3-  -0-  -2-
b-0-  -1-  -3-
g-0-  -0-  -2-
d-0-  -2-  -0-
a-2-  -3-  -x-
E-3-  -x-  -x-
 

G        C            D               G             C      D         G
Protect me as you would your own eyes, in the shadows of your wings,

G          C         D             G                  D    C     G
Learn to know the sound that echoes, when an innocent man sings,

          D    C         G              Bm
when an innocent man sings, when he sings.
 

Verse 4 (End):

Bm             A            Bm                A             E
So I lie with all my failures, praying to my best friends ghost

Bm               A                      E      A        Bm
Time to kneel instead of sitting, and let me do thy bidding,

             E      A        Bm            E       A        Bm
Won't you let me do thy bidding yeah, help me do thy bidding.
 

*The guitar riff inbetween verses is this:

e-5-7-5^------------------
b---------7-5-3-2-0------0
g---------------------2---
 

^You're hammering to the b string, so the it's not a crucial note. Easiest to pick up by playing it with the song.
 
 
 
 

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