Chords for Cody Johnson - Gotta Be Me (Official Audio)

_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I'm a long country mile from being _ styled dirty hat and cowboy boots.
_ I cut my teeth on them old outlaw songs my daddy used to listen to.
Guess it's in [Bb] my genes.
_ [C] _
I gotta [F] be me. _ _
_ Yeah, I say what I think.
Sometimes I drink, and when I do I drink [Fm] too much.
[F] Wind up on my back, eyes shining black.
I know it's all because bad as it [Bb] might be,
_ _ [C] _
I gotta [F] be me. _ _ _
_ You [Bb] can wind me up and dine me, you can polish up and shine me,
[Fm] but the real thing's [Dm] gonna [F] shine through.
[Bbm] It [G] ain't always pretty, but the cowboy in me [C] couldn't change if he wanted to.
[Dm] _ [E] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ Yeah, I had [G] a [Fm] girl, [F]
her name [Dm] was Pearl.
[F] I think she's up in [Fm] Arkansas.
_ _ She raised [Dm] her voice and gave me a choice [F] between singing in a honky tonk or a J-O [Bb]-B.
_ As you [C] can see, I gotta [F] be me. _ _
[Fm] _ Yeah, [Bb] you can wind me up and dine me, you can polish up and shine me,
[F] but the real thing's gonna shine through.
[Fm] _ [F] [Gb] It [G] ain't always pretty, but the cowboy in me [C] couldn't change if he wanted [Gb]
to.
[Cm] _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
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_ [Fm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ Yeah, I'm a rusty old truck, you see out front,
between the Lexus [Dm] and the [Cm] Coupe d [Fm]'Evo.
_ _ [F] Though one of a kind, some try to [Dm] [F] find, some are hoping that they never will.
Still, [Cm] I do my [Bb] thing, _ [B] _ [C] _
cause I gotta [F] be me. _ _
Yeah, like it or [Bb] not, [B] this is all [C] I got.
_ _ _ I gotta be _ me.
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [Eb] _
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