I'm Gonna Try To Be That Way chords by Johnny Cash

Chords with lyrics

[Verse]

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Once upon a time there lived a man Hmm Hmm
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Many years ago in a foreign land
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He knew how to live right, tried to be a light
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Gave everybody a helping hand


[Chorus]

 E MajorE       B7B7   E MajorE
I'm gonna try to be that way Hmm Hmm
 E MajorE        B7B7   E MajorE
I'm gonna try to be that way
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Do the kind of things Lord a man oughta do
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Say the kind of things a man oughta say
E MajorE        B7B7   E MajorE
I'm gonna try to be that way

[Verse]

  E MajorE       B7B7  E MajorE
He never done anybody wrong
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He tried to help everybody 'long
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He brought a better land to make a better man

Out of the rich or the poor
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Or the weak or the strong

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And he preached love and brotherhood
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He went around doin' good, doin' good
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Everywhere he went they knew that he was sent
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And the people started actin' like they should


[Chorus]

 E MajorE       B7B7   E MajorE
I'm gonna try to be that way Hmm Hmm
 E MajorE        B7B7   E MajorE
I'm gonna try to be that way
  A augmentedA             E MajorE
Do the kind of things Lord a man oughta do
A augmentedA            E MajorE
Say the kind of things a man oughta say
E MajorE        B7B7   E MajorE