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Gotta Be Me

by Cody Johnson
Chords
4.8 (14)
novice Capo: 5th fret
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None
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Gotta Be Me – Cody Johnson Capo 5 Intro: C, G, C
(do
wn) (up) (down) (up) strums between each riff
e|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
B|-1-----4\----|-1-----\3--|-1---------|-1---------|
G|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
D|---2---------|---2-------|---2-------|---2-------|
A|-----3-------|-----3-----|------3----|------3----|
E|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
(do
wn) (up) (down) (up)
e|-------------|-----------|-----------|------3----|
B|-1-----4\----|-1-----\3--|-1---------|-1---------|
G|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
D|---2---------|---2-------|---2-------|---2-------|
A|-----3-------|-----3-----|------3----|------3----|
E|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
(do
wn) (up) (down) (up)
e|-------------|-----------|-----------|------3----|
B|-1-----4\----|-1-----\3--|-1---------|-1---------|
G|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
D|---2---------|---2-------|---2-------|---2-------|
A|-----3-------|-----3-----|------3----|------3----|
E|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
(do
wn) (down) 
e|-------------|-----------|
B|-1-----4\3---|-1---------|
G|-------------|-----------|
D|---2---------|---2-------|
A|-----3-------|-----3-----|
E|-------------|-----------|
Verse 1
I’m a long country mile from being in style, dirty hat and cowboy boots
I cut my teeth on them old outlaw songs my daddy used to listen to
Guess it’s in
my
ge
nes, I got
ta be me
Verse 2
Yeah, I say what I think, sometimes I drink and when I do I drink too much
I wind up on my back, eye shining black and I know it’s all because
Bad as it might
be
, h
ey I gotta be
me
CHORUS
You can
wine me up and dine me, you can polish up and shine me
But the
real thing is goin’ shine through
It ain&rs
quo;t alway
s pretty bu
t the cowb
oy in me cou
ldn’t change if he wanted to
BRIDGE: C
Verse 3
Yeah, I had a girl, her name was Pearl; I think she’s up in Arkansas
She raised her voice and gave me a choice ‘tween singing in a honkytonk or
a j.o.b
Ha,
as you can
see, I gotta be
me
CHORUS
Yeah,
you can
wine me up and dine me, you can polish up and shine me
But the
real thing is goin’ shine through
It ain&rs
quo;t alway
s pretty bu
t the cowb
oy in me cou
ldn’t change if he wanted to
BRIDGE: C, G, C
Verse 4
Hey I’m a rusty old truck you see at front ‘tween the Lexus and the Coup de Ville
A one of a kind that some try to find, some are hoping that never will
Still I do my th
in
g,
‘cause I got
ta be me
Yeah, like it or
not, this is
all I
got
I gotta be
me OUTRO: C (Riff)
*I tried my best to make the tablature for the opening riff. If you have any suggestions, please let me know*
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