Chords for Ray Boltz God Knows i Tried

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When they said I [D] was a sinner, [F#] _ _ _
[E] I was struggling [C#m] with my youth.
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And with the hope that [F#m] God could change me, _ [A] _
I believed it [F#] was the truth.
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And I spent my [A] whole life trying to _
[E] be what they [A] said I should. _ _ _
[E] But on the inside [F#m] I was dying, _ _ [A] _
cause I never [B] really could.
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[B] God knows [C#m] I tried.
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God knows [C#m] all the pain I kept inside.
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[E] He's seen every [F#m] tear I ever cried.
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God knows [E] I tried.
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_ _ _ [E] _ I was so good [D] at pretending, _ _ [E] _ just like an actor [C#m] on the stage.
_ _ [A] _ [E] But in the end [F#m] nobody knew me.
_ _ [E] _ [A] Only the roles [F#] that I portrayed.
[B] _ _ [E] _ And I would rather [D] have you hate me,
_ [E] _ than knowing who I [A] really am.
_ _ [E] Than to try and make [F#m] you love me,
_ _ [A] _ being something [B] that I [B] can't.
_ [E] _ [B] God knows [C#m] I tried.
_ [E] _ [B] God knows [C#m] all the pain I kept inside.
[A] _ [E] He's seen every [F#m] tear I ever cried.
[A] _ [B] God knows [E] I tried.
_ _ [D] _ And after all these [E] years of living,
_ _ [D] _ I've begun to [E] understand.
_ _ _ [D] _ I can try to be [E] like someone else,
but [F#m] it won't change.
[D] No it won't change.
[A] No it won't change who [B] I am.
_ [E] _ [B] God knows I tried.
_ _ [E] _ [B] God knows [C#m] all the pain I kept inside.
_ [A] _ [E] He's seen every tear [F#m] I ever cried.
_ [A] _ [B] God knows [E] I tried.
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