The Way He Was Raised Chords by Josh Turner

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_ _ [G] He always wore those worn out flip-flops, _ _ [Em] spent hours in his daddy's workshop. _ _
[C] He loved being on the water, fishing with [G] his friends. _ _ _
He always listened to the old folks _ _ [Em] when they'd tell stories and crack jokes.
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Didn't talk back to his mama when she got on to him.
_ [C] Oh, that's just the way he was raised. _
[G] Had to finish all [D] his chores [Em] before he could go outside and play.
They [C] always went to church, [A] that's where he learned how to pray.
[Am] And that's just [D] the way he [G] was raised.
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[G] _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] He grew his hair out when he got older, _ _
[Em] grew it clear down to [Bm] his shoulders.
_ _ [C] _ [G] Started hanging with the outcast when he went off to town. _
[D] _ _ [G] Some called him a troublemaker, _ _ [Em] _
even some said a lawbreaker. _ _
[C] _ No matter how they talked about him, he never put [G] nobody down. _
[C] Oh, that's just the way he was raised.
_ [G] When people [D] started to gossip, [Em] he'd just walk away.
[C] He always [G] loved his neighbor, [A] no matter what they'd say.
[Am] Oh, that's just [D] the way he [G] was raised.
_ [Em] On a cross, [A] on a hill, [C] that long-haired boy [G] was killed.
[Em] All our sins [A] washed away [Am] when he walked out of [D] that grave. _
_ [G] Oh, that's just the way he was raised.
[Em] _ [G] There's no way we [D] can measure [Em] the sacrifice he made.
[C] He knew he [G] had to die [A] for our debt to be paid.
[Am] Oh, that's just [D] the way he [Em] was raised.
[C] It took the [G] hand of God [E] to roll the stone [A] away.
[Am] And that's just [D] the way he [G] was [Em] raised.
[Am] Yeah, that's just [D] the way he was raised.
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