C                  F             G7                   C 
I don't know why I drink so much can't even stand the taste 

    F                                  C 
But liquid courage helps me through my day 

                  F                  G7                 C 
If I take time to stop and think the booze just goes to waste 

    F              G7                    C 
I'm still the same cause I was born that way 


                       F                G7             C 
My love walked out and momma cried I've heard she even cursed 

    F                              C 
And said I'm turnin' all my family gray 

                    F               G7                       C 
Of all the kids she raised no doubt Stonewall turned out the worst 

F                 G7                  C 
Guess I must have just been born that way 


        G7                        C 
I guess there's a streak of sorry buried in each man 

F                            G7 
And it only shows up now and then 

     C             F           G7                 C 
Mine wasn't buried deep enough it's got the upper hand 

           D7                              G7 
Cause that line between the good and bad's so thin 


    C                F           G7               C 
The preacher said my only chance was to be borned again 

   F                                   C 
So I got baptized and tried so hard to pray 

                    F                  G7                  C 
But the devil in me laughed and danced when I went back to sin 

F                 G7                  C 
Guess I must have just been born that way 


F                G7                    C 
I'm just no good cause I was born that way 

F             G7                     C 
What can I do when I was born that a way