Ballad of the Ark chords by Johnny Cash

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Well I tell
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you a story about a good man
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Who had many a problem
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before he reached dry land
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It ain't easy for a good man to go down no
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it ain't easy for a good man to go down
On the earth there was
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trouble sorrow and pain
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So the Lord said to Noah
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I'm gonna make it rain
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It ain't easy for a good man to go down no
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it ain't easy for a good man to go down
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Noah gathered his sons
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and the ark it was raised
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Two by two came the animals
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that they might be saved
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It ain't easy

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Interlude 1

Verse 2
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Well it rained forty days and
it rained forty nights
All the earth it was covered
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the mountains out of sight
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It ain't easy for a good man to go down     no
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it ain't easy for a good man to go down
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 no
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it ain't easy for a good man to go down
Yes the Lord made a rainbow way
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up  in the sky
He promised no flood would
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ever murder you and die
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It ain't easy for a good man to go down no it ain't easy
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for a good man to go down