Chords for I Choose To Be A Christian

I [D#] woke up this morning thinking,
whoo, this is the day [C#] the Lord has [F#] made.
I'm going to rejoice in it.
And then I [N] got to thinking about it,
I was glad when they said unto me,
let's go to the house of the Lord.
_ I choose to live this life.
Amen.
Oh, y'all worship with us today.
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ [G] _ [F#] _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [G] _ [F#] _
[Bm] _ _ I met a man the other day.
He [Em] looked at me, he said,
girl, [F#] so many times
I've seen your [Bm] kind before.
He said, you can't do this,
you can't do [F#m] that.
[Em] You're bound [E] by rules and restrictions.
[F#] What a thrill in life [G] you [F#] Christians [Bm] must suffer.
_ Then I looked him in the eye and said,
you're wrong, [E] I can do anything that turns me on.
[F#] I can smoke till my eyes [G] turn red [F#] and my face [Bm] turn blue.
I can chew a dick and snort and cuss.
And [Em] I can party and drink until the sun comes up.
[F#] But there's better things [G] in life.
[F#] I'm a [Bm] rambler.
_ [F#m] _ [Bm] I choose to be a Christian.
[Em] I choose to be like them.
[F#] Nobody make me do it.
[Bm] I'm [F#m] a man.
_ [Bm] You decide for you,
[E] oh, I'll decide for me.
The [F#] thought in my mind, this is how I'll be.
[Bm] _ [A] _ [Bm] But I must admit, from time to time,
[Em] the thought of heaven keeps me going [A] a lot.
[F#] Every wall that's coming [G] shall [F#] be too [Bm] good to be true.
The people all talk some [Em] fairytale.
There was no heaven, there are no hell.
[F#] I still may have [C] my limits,
but [F#]
[Bm] I will fight.
I choose to be a Christian.
[Em] I choose to be like them.
[F#] Nobody make me do it.
[Bm] This is how I'll be.
You decide for you,
[Em] oh, I'll decide for [D] me.
[F#] The thought in my mind, this is how I'll be.
[Bm] I _ choose to be a Christian.
[Em] I choose to be like [F#] them.
Nobody make me [F#m] do it.
[Bm] I'm a man.
You decide for you,
oh, I'll [Em] [E] decide for me.
[F#] The thought in my mind, this is how [Bm] I'll be.
_ The [F#] thought in my mind, this is how I'll be.
[Bm] To be.
Yeah!
_ _ [B] Oh, y'all ain't been.
_ _ [D] So don't [Bm] you ever look at me [Em] in sympathy.
[F#] Don't you ever one [G] time
think that this [F#] old [Bm] girl's been cheated
[A] for [Bm] _ [Em] not doing [F#] all those things
like drinking and going to the restroom.
That this old [Bm] girl's all fine.
_ _ For some time,
when their head is down
[Em] on the darkest side of [E] town.
[F#] _ This choice I have
_ _ _ _ _ [G] [F#] taken it [Bm] out on me.
This is how I'll _ _ be.
I choose to be a Christian.
I [Em] choose to be like them.
[F#] Nobody make me do it.
[Bm] I'm a man.
You decide for you,
you [Em] decide for me.
[F#] The thought in my mind, this is how I'll [Bm] be.
Oh, you gotta say it loud.
I choose to be a Christian.
[Em] I choose to be like them.
_ [F#]
Nobody make me do it.
[Bm] This is how I'll be.
You decide for you,
[Em] oh, I'll decide for me.
For [F#] some time, this is how I'll [Bm] be.
And yesterday,
for [F#] some time, this is how I'll be.
[Bm] Yeah, yeah, yeah. _ _
_ _ I'm a man. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I choose [B] to be a Christian.
When I go home,
I'm walking home on the wall
and I ask everyone,
I heard that people in my [Bm] life,
that have said to me,
friends in the world,
my friends I've worked [G] with,
or people that say things like [D] to me,
hey, [C#] you know that new yard
prank movie that's out?
And [G#] I go, uh-uh, I don't know nothing about that.
And they're [Bm] like,
well, you [G] so bad,
you sure end up with the time.
_ _ [N] Where you been, man?
You're missing out.
That's what they tell me.
That's what they say. _ _ _ _ _
_ [A#] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [N]
The power of God explains.
That's no lie. _ _ _
_ _ _ They say, oh, you wanna come [G] smoke some marijuana with us?
Uh-uh, no, I don't do that.
You don't do that.
Hope it feels good.
[C#] I say, how long does it feel good?
Well, [N] you know, just a little while in the morning,
you'll forget all about it.
[A] Well, you know, when I go to [G] church,
when I have myself a Holy Ghost time,
I don't wanna [N] forget about it.
So when I wake up the next day,
I swear I'm gonna work the
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[D] _ _ _ _ [N] thing
like they have missed out, amen?
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