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