Reason To Believe

source : reason to believe from nebraska harmonica Intro : F# B F# seen a man standing over a dead dog by the highway in a ditch C# he’s looking down kinda puzzled poking that dog with a stick F# B F# got his car door flung open he’s standin’ out on highway 31 B F# C# F# like if he stood there long enough that dog’d get up and run B F# C# F# struck me kinda funny seem kinda funny sir to me B F# C# F# still at the end of every hard day people find some reason to believe B F# now mary lou loved johnny with a love mean and true C# she said baby i’ll work for you every day and bring my money home to you F# B F# one day he up and left her and ever since that B F# C# F# she waits down at the end of that dirt road for young johnny to come back B F# C# F# struck me kinda funny seemed kind of funny yeah indeed B F# C# F# how at the end of every hard earned day people find some reason to believe harmonica : B C# F# B C# F# B F# take a baby to the river kyle william they called him C# wash the baby in the water take away little kyle’s sin F# B F# in a whitewash shotgun shack an old man passes away B F# C# F# take his body to the graveyard over him they pray B F# C# F# lord won’t you tell us , tell us what does it mean B F# C# F# at the end of every hard earned day people find some reason to believe B F# congregation gathers down by the riverside C# preacher stands with his bible groom stands waiting for his bride F# B F# congregation gone the sun sets behind a weeping willow tree C# F# groom stands alone and watches the river rush on so effortlessly B F# C# F# wondering where can his baby be B F# C# F# still at the end of every hard earned day people find some reason to believe harmonica Outro : B F# C# F# B F# C# F# - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - notes : tuning : the tuning to play in the key above is slightly flat , not quite a whole semitone . live the song is played in ’g’ which makes me think that this was possibly played in ’g’ but his guitar was maybe out of tune . to transpose F# = G , B = C and C# = D . . . or tune down slightly . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - chords : eadgbe - - - - - - F# 244322 B x24442 C# x46664