C G Mama was born on a Sunday D G My daddy on a Friday night Em C My sister was born in the back of a bus D G In a bucket of dynamite C G Me it’s a little crazy D G I know it sounds strange but it’s true Em C I was born at the bottom of the ocean D G Back in 1892 C G If I had a hammer D G If I had a gun Em C D G Well I wouldn’t know what to do with either one C G D G But if I had a Cadillac and a couple of hours to spend Em C Guess I’d drive as far as the day would allow D G Wake up and do it again [Chorus] C G Bangin’ on the Buddha C G Bangin’ all night and day C G Tryin’ to find a little peace of mind D G Just wastin’ my life away [Verse] C G My baby told me baby D G I’m headin’ on back to Viet Nam Em C You can keep the kids and cadavers D G All the babies and the bombs C G Tell all your friends D G Down there at the CIA Em C You can turn back the hands of time boys D G But you’re never gonna; get away from [Chorus] C G Bangin’ on the Buddha C G Bangin’ all night and day C G Tryin’ to find a little peace of mind D G Just wastin’ my life away C G D G Hey-ey yeah, yeah, yeah C G D G Wastin’ my life away, yeah, yeah C G D G Wastin’ my life away [Verse] C G And if one day the sky turned black D G Just a cold shade of gray Em C And the birds up in that charcoal sky D G All up and flew away C G And all the Gods with their wine and their whiskey D G All told us to go to hell Em C And left us here all by our lonesome D G Tell me how’d we ever tell, we’d just be [Chorus] C G Bangin’ on the Buddha C G Bangin’ all night and day C G Tryin’ to find a little peace of mind D G Just wastin’ our lives away C G D G Hey-ey yeah, yeah, yeah C G D G Wastin’ our lives away, yeah, yeah C G D G Wastin’ our lives away C G D G C G Just wastin’ our lives away