Gotta Be Me – Cody Johnson Capo 5 Intro: C, G, C
C
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C
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C
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C
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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 (Riff)
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