Ballad Of The Ark chords by Johnny Cash

🎸 Intro:

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🎸 Verse 1:
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Well I tell you a story about a good man
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Who had many a problem before he reached dry land
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It ain't easy for a good man to go down
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No, it ain't easy for a good man to go down

🎸 Verse 2:
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On the earth there was trouble, sorrow and pain
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So the Lord said to Noah "I'm gonna make it rain"
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It ain't easy for a good man to go down
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No, it ain't easy for a good man to go down


🎸 Verse 3:
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Noah gathered his sons and the ark it was raised
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Two by two came the animals that they might be saved
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It ain't easy for a good man to go down
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No, it ain't easy for a good man to go down


🎸 Instrumental:
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🎸 Verse 4:
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Well it rained forty days and it rained forty nights
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All the earth it was covered, the mountains out of sight
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It ain't easy for a good man to go down
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No, it ain't easy for a good man to go down


🎸 Verse 5:
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When the waters receded and the earth it was dry
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The Lord said to Noah "Go forth and multiply"
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It ain't easy for a good man to go down
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No, it ain't easy for a good man to go down


🎸 Verse 6:
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Yes the Lord made a rainbow way up in the sky
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He promised no flood would ever murder you and die
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It ain't easy for a good man to go down
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No, it ain't easy for a good man to go down


🎸 Outro:
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