Johnny Cash — Goin By The Book Chords

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You can see it in the moveis, in the paper and the tv news.
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Sombody's army is always on the move.
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There's gonna be a battle the lines have been drawn, they got guns and  
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tanks and planes.
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The wells have gone dry and the water is bad and in the air is acid rain.  
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There's war after war and rumors of war from the East.
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There's a rumblin in the ground and they're talkin about the beast  
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Good mothers cry 'cause the rivers run high with the blood of too many sons.
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Some people say peace is on the way but the worst is still to come.

chorus: 
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'cause the prophets wrote about it and Jesus spoke about it and
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John got to take a look
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and he told us what he saw and it's easy to see, it's goin by the book
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    It's goin by the book.


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There's armys in the citys and the missels stand ready for flight.
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A pale horse rides like the wind across the night.
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and that rumblin in the desert like thunder gettin closer, 
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are the trumpets gettin' ready to blow?
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There's gonna be a shout that will wake the dead, 
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we'd better be ready to go

chorus

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    It's goin by the book       It's goin by the book