Biography:
A member of the popular group Bread, David Gates is also a songwriter, keyboardist, vocalist and producer. His first hit as a songwriter came with the popular Mermaids song Popsicles and Icicles.
David Gates was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma to a band director and a piano teacher on December 11, 1940. Surrounded by music from birth, he was proficient in piano, bass and guitar by the time he was in high school. In 1957, he received a musical break when Chuck Berry came to Tulsa; Gates had his first hit, Jo-Baby, with Chuck Berry.
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Do You Believe He's Comin'
David Gates
1973 album First
Intro Am DFG Am DFG
Verse 1
Am F
Almighty Nation what's this in the air
Am F
No explanation but still it is there
Am F
You hear the talk from the people you meet
Am D
To meet the people just go down on the street
Chorus 1
F C
And they believe He's comin'
F C
Yes they believe He's comin'
Verse 2
Am F
So many people confused and afraid
Am F
Too many shy from commitments they made
Am F
The change of values and moral decay
Am D
The damn's foundation is slipping away
Bridge
F C
But I believe He's comin'
F C G
Yes I believe He's come
Riff Am F Am F Am F Am D F C F C G
Verse 3
Am F
Hey lighdy die do you dare prophesy
Am F
Do you believe that the millions will die
Am F
A single nation encamped all around
Am D
And what will come if her knees hit the ground
Chorus 2
F C
Do you believe He's comin'
F C Em
Dare not believe He's come
Verse 4
Am F
So now it's time to get ready they say
Am F
The time of judgement is not far away
Am F
And if the meek shall inherit the earth
Am D
Look at yourself brother what are you worth
Outro
F C
Do you believe He's comin'
F C
Like I believe He's comin'
F C
Do you believe He's come
F C
Dare not believe He's come
Am G F G
Dare not believe it
Am G F G Am
Do you dare Do you dare not believe
G F G Am G F G Am G F G Am G F G
Am G F G Am G F Am G F G Am G F G Am G F G Am G F
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David Gates
1973 album First
Intro Am DFG Am DFG
Verse 1
Am F
Almighty Nation what's this in the air
Am F
No explanation but still it is there
Am F
You hear the talk from the people you meet
Am D
To meet the people just go down on the street
Chorus 1
F C
And they believe He's comin'
F C
Yes they believe He's comin'
Verse 2
Am F
So many people confused and afraid
Am F
Too many shy from commitments they made
Am F
The change of values and moral decay
Am D
The damn's foundation is slipping away
Bridge
F C
But I believe He's comin'
F C G
Yes I believe He's come
Riff Am F Am F Am F Am D F C F C G
Verse 3
Am F
Hey lighdy die do you dare prophesy
Am F
Do you believe that the millions will die
Am F
A single nation encamped all around
Am D
And what will come if her knees hit the ground
Chorus 2
F C
Do you believe He's comin'
F C Em
Dare not believe He's come
Verse 4
Am F
So now it's time to get ready they say
Am F
The time of judgement is not far away
Am F
And if the meek shall inherit the earth
Am D
Look at yourself brother what are you worth
Outro
F C
Do you believe He's comin'
F C
Like I believe He's comin'
F C
Do you believe He's come
F C
Dare not believe He's come
Am G F G
Dare not believe it
Am G F G Am
Do you dare Do you dare not believe
G F G Am G F G Am G F G Am G F G
Am G F G Am G F Am G F G Am G F G Am G F G Am G F
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