Intro: G5 C5 G5 Cioi G5 He always wore those worn out flip-flops E5 Spent hours in his Daddy's workshop C5 He loved being on the water G5 ( C5 G5 ) Fishing with His friends G5 He always listened to the old folks E5 When they'd tell stories and crack jokes C5 Didn't talk back to his Mama G5 When she got onto Him Chorus: C5 Oh, that's just the way He was raised G5 D5 E5 Had to finish all His chores 'fore He could go outside and play C5 G5 A5 A5 they always went to church that's were he learned how to pray C5 D5 G5 And that's just the way He was raised G5 He grew His hair out when He got older E5 Grew it clear down to His shoulders C5 Started hanging with the outcasts G5 ( C5 G5 ) When He went off to town G5 Some called Him a troublemaker E5 Even some said a lawbreaker C5 No matter how they talked about Him G5 He never put nobody down Chorus 2: C5 'Cause that's just the way He was raised G5 D5 E5 When people start to gossip, He'd just walk away C5 G5 A5 A5 He always loved his neighbor no matter what they'd say C5 D5 G5 Oh, that's just the way He was raised C5 A5 On a cross, on a hill C5 G5 That longhaired boy was killed C5 A5 All our sins washed away C5 D5 When He walked out of that grave C5 C5 *(optional progression) D5 Oh, that's just the way He was raised G5 D5 there's no way we can measure E5 The sacrifice He made C5 G5 He knew He had to die A5 A5 For our debt to be paid C5 D5 E5 Oh, that's just the way He was raised C5 G5 A5 A5 It took the hand of God to roll the stone away C5 D5 G5 And that's just the way He was raised C5 D5 G5 Yeah, that's just the way He was raised Outro: G5 C5 G5 C5 G5 E---X------X-------X-- | D--1------3-------5--- | G---0------0-------0-- | D--X------X-------X--- | Then just go to the D that follows this progression. A---3------5-------7-- | E---X------X-------X-- |