I Got It Honest chords by Aaron Tippin

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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It ain't nothin' but a small
frame house on an acre lot
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It ain't that much diff'rent from any
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other house on the block
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And it may not look like we got all
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G 
our share of the promise
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But at least one thing's for sure,
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D 
I got it honest

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Verse 2
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G 
Roll out of the sack every mornin',
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head on down to the mill
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Give 'em all I got for eight,
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'cause that's the deal
If you'll check out my paycheck
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Well, you'll see that there ain't
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G 
that much on it
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A 
But ev'ry single penny I'm paid,
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I got it honest

Verse 3
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I never had to hang my head in shame
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For puttin' a price tag on my name
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Never turned my back on what I believe
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E 
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Or let my heart be ruled by greed
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G 
'Cause buddy if I didn't earn it,
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G 
I don't want it
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That way I can always say, I got it honest

Verse 4
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Now you ain't looking at some dude
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That was born with a Silver
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spoon in his mouth
And I might seem like some kind of low-life
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D 
To To that highfalutin' crowd
But I'm plain spoken,
straight talkin'
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And damn proud of what I
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have accomplished
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Some folks appreciate
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that and some don't
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But, I got it honest

Verse 5
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Now when I die,
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I may not leave my kids a fortune
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But I hope they know'd my life stood
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for things that were important
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And I'll hand out the same sturdy old val
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A 
ues of my daddy and my momma
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It made me every ounce of what
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I am and I got it honest

Verse 6
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I never had to hang my head in shame
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E 
For puttin' a price tag on my name
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Never turned my back on what I believe
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Or let my heart be
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B 
ruled by greed
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A 
'Cause brother if I didn't earn it,
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A 
I don't want it
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That way I can always say,
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E 
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I got it honest
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Friend there ain't no doubt about it,
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I got it honest