D                      Cadd9 
I used to believe what money could bring 
    G 
Was worth more than anything else 
    D                     Cadd9  
But all that changed when I had a dream 
    G 
And I got a good look at myself 
  D                           Cadd9  
I stood face to face with the ghost of my past 
        G 
And the spirit what was to come 
    D                       Cadd9 
And they made it clear that one day I'd have  
   G 
To answer for what I had done 
Em                   A 
And I saw what I'd become 
 
    D           D/C#      C           G  
The choices you make, the chances you take 
        D          Cadd9       G 
They'll follow you all of your life 
         D         D/C#    C 
I'm just tryin' to live so when I die 
    G                      D 
The preacher won't have to lie  
 
 
I ain't no prophet and I ain't no saint 
And I ain't made no great sacrifice 
I just keep tryin' to carry my weight 
I keep trying to do what is right 
And it's hard to do right sometimes 
 
Chorus 
 
Chorus 
 
Oh, the preacher won't have to lie