Johnny Cash – Ballad Of The Ark (Guitar)

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[Intro] | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | E | | A | D | E | E | A | D | E | E | [Verse 1]
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Well I tell you a story about a good man

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Who had many a problem before he reached dry land

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It ain't easy for a good man to go down

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No, it ain't easy for a good man to go down
[Verse 2]
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On the earth there was trouble, sorrow and pain

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So the Lord said to Noah "I'm gonna make it rain"

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It ain't easy for a good man to go down

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No, it ain't easy for a good man to go down
[Verse 3]
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Noah gathered his sons and the ark it was raised

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Two by two came the animals that they might be saved

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It ain't easy for a good man to go down

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No, it ain't easy for a good man to go down
[Instrumental] | A | D G | E | E | A | C D | E | E | [Verse 4]
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Well it rained forty days and it rained forty nights

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All the earth it was covered, the mountains out of sight

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It ain't easy for a good man to go down

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No, it ain't easy for a good man to go down
[Verse 5]
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When the waters receded and the earth it was dry

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The Lord said to Noah "Go forth and multiply"

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It ain't easy for a good man to go down

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No, it ain't easy for a good man to go down
[Verse 6]
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Yes the Lord made a rainbow way up in the sky

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He promised no flood would ever murder you and die

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It ain't easy for a good man to go down

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No, it ain't easy for a good man to go down
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