Key: G major
Verse 1
F#
There's evil in the world
And there's evil in me
B
D
There's evil in the world
F#
And there's evil in me
Verse 2
F#
G#
Don't do me no good to pretend
B
D
I'm as good as I can be
F#
Verse 3
G#
B
Don't do me no good to pretend
G#
B
Don't do me no good to give in
G#
Don't do me no good to pretend
B
D
I'm as good as I can be
F#
Verse 4
Gotta try harder
Gonna try harder
B
Gotta try harder
F#
Gonna try harder
Verse 5
G#
B
Don't do me no good to pretend
G#
B
Don't do me no good to give in
G#
B
Don't do me no good to pretend
D
I'm as good as I can be
F#
Verse 6
I gotta live in forgiveness
We gotta give each other hope
B
D
Cause there's evil in the world
And there's evil in me
F#
Verse 7
G#
Don't do me no good to pretend
B
D
I'm as good as I can be
F#
Verse 8
G#
B
Don't do me no good to pretend
D#m
G#
B
Don't do me no good to give in
G#
B
Don't do me no good to pretend
D
I'm as good as I can be
F#
Verse 9
Gonna try harder
Try harder
B
I'm gonna try harder
F#
Gonna try harder
I'm gonna try harder
Try harder
B
F#
B
I'm gonna try harder
F#
I gotta try harder
Verse 10
G#
B
Don't do me no good to pretend
G#
D#m
G#
B
Don't do me no good to give in
G#
B
Don't do me no good to pretend
D
F#
I'm as good as I can be
Verse 11
F#
Yeah
Outro 1
Ah, yeah
F#
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