Gotta Be Me Chords - Cody Johnson

Gotta Be Me – Cody Johnson Capo 5

Intro

C, G C C (down) (up) (down) (up) strums between each riff

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C (down) (up) (down) (up)

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C (down) (up) (down) (up)

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{tab: A|-----3-------|-----3-----|------3----|------3----|}

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C (down) (down)

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Verse 1

C I’m a long country mile from being in style, dirty hat and cowboy boots C I cut my teeth on them old outlaw songs my daddy used to listen to C F F# G C Guess it’s in my genes, I gotta be me

Verse 2

C Yeah, I say what I think, sometimes I drink and when I do I drink too much C I wind up on my back, eye shining black and I know it’s all because C F F# G C Bad as it might be, hey I gotta be me

CHORUS

C F You can wine me up and dine me, you can polish up and shine me C But the real thing is goin’ shine through D F#/D D F#/D G It ain’t always pretty but the cowboy in me couldn’t change if he wanted to BRIDGE: C

Verse 3

C Yeah, I had a girl, her name was Pearl; I think she’s up in Arkansas C F She raised her voice and gave me a choice ‘tween singing in a honkytonk or a j.o.b F# G C Ha, as you can see, I gotta be me

CHORUS

C F Yeah, you can wine me up and dine me, you can polish up and shine me C But the real thing is goin’ shine through D F#/D D F#/D G It ain’t always pretty but the cowboy in me couldn’t change if he wanted to BRIDGE: C, G C

Verse 4

C Hey I’m a rusty old truck you see at front ‘tween the Lexus and the Coup de Ville C A one of a kind that some try to find, some are hoping that never will C F F# G C Still I do my thing, ‘cause I gotta be me C F F# G Yeah, like it or not, this is all I got C I gotta be me OUTRO: C

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