Tom: E
Introdução:
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Once upon a time there lived a man Hmm Hmm
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Many years ago in a foreign land
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He knew how to live right, tried to be a light
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Gave everybody a helping hand
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I'm gonna try to be that way Hmm Hmm
E B7 E
I'm gonna try to be that way
A E
Do the kind of things Lord a man oughta do
A E
Say the kind of things a man oughta say
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I'm gonna try to be that way
Verse
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He never done anybody wrong
A E
He tried to help everybody 'long
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He brought a better land to make a better man
Out of the rich or the poor
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Or the weak or the strong
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And he preached love and brotherhood
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He went around doin' good, doin' good
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Everywhere he went they knew that he was sent
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And the people started actin' like they should
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I'm gonna try to be that way Hmm Hmm
E B7 E
I'm gonna try to be that way
A E
Do the kind of things Lord a man oughta do
A E
Say the kind of things a man oughta say
E B7 E
I'm gonna try to be that way