B
I have decided
E B
I'm gonna live like a believer
E B
Turn my back on the deceiver
F#
I'm gonna live what I believe
E B
I have decided
E B
Being good is just a fable
E B
I just can't 'cause I'm not able
F#7 B
I'm gonna leave it to the Lord
B F#
There's a wealth of things that I profess
E B
I said that I believed
E B
But deep inside I never changed
F#7
I guess I'd been deceived
B F#
'Cause a voice inside kept telling me
E B
That I'd change by and by
E B
But the spirit made it clear to me
F#
That kind of life's a lie
Dbm B
I have decided
E B
I'm gonna live like a believer
E B
Turn my back on the deceiver
F#
I'm gonna live what I believe
E B
I have decided
E B
Being good is just a fable
E B
I just can't 'cause I'm not able
E B
I'm gonna leave it to the Lord
(INTERLUDE E B E B Abm E )
B F#
So forget the game of being good
E B
And your self-righteous pain
E B
'Cause the only good inside your heart
F#7
Is the good that Jesus brings
B F#
And when the world begins to see you change
E B
Don't expect them to applaud
E B
Just keep your eyes on him and tell yourself
F#
I've become the work of God
B
I have decided
E B
I'm gonna live like a believer
E B
Turn my back on the deceiver
F#
I'm gonna live what I believe
E B
I have decided
E B
Being good is just a fable
E B
I just can't 'cause I'm not able
E B
I'm gonna leave it to the Lord
Jo Dee Messina version:
G C
I have decided
F C
I'm gonna live like a believer
F C
turn my back on the deceiver(Oh yeah)
C
live what i believe (hoo hoo hoo aka The Jo dee howl)
F C
Good is just a fable
F C
i just can't cause I'm not able
G7 C
I'm gonna leave it to the lord
F G7 C
hoo hoo hoo
Amy Grant version:
INTERLUDE- Ab
Ab Db
I have decided
F# Db
I'm gonna live like a believer
F# Db
Turn my back on the deceiver
Ab
I'm gonna live what I believe
F# Db
I have decided
F# Db
Being good is just a fable
F# Db
I just can't 'cause I'm not able
Ab7 F#
I'm gonna leave it to the Lord
Db
I have decided
F# Db
I'm gonna live like a believer
F# Db
Turn my back on the deceiver
Ab F#
I'm gonna live what I believe
Db
I have decided
F# Db
Being good is just a fable
F# Db
I just can't 'cause I'm not able
Ab7 F#
I'm gonna leave it to the Lord
FADE
Db
I have decided
F# Db
I'm gonna live like a believer
F# Db
Turn my back on the deceiver
Ab F#
I'm gonna live what I believe
Db F#
I have decided