B 
I have decided 
           E          B 
I'm gonna live like a believer 
        E              B 
Turn my back on the deceiver 
          F# 
I'm gonna live what I believe 

E         B 
I have decided 
       E               B 
Being good is just a fable 
       E                     B 
I just can't 'cause I'm not able 
           F#7             B 
I'm gonna leave it to the Lord 

B                                 F# 
There's a wealth of things that I profess 
  E           B 
I said that I believed 
    E             B 
But deep inside I never changed 
  F#7 
I guess I'd been deceived 

         B                 F# 
'Cause a voice inside kept telling me 
      E               B 
That I'd change by and by 
        E               B                    
But the spirit made it clear to me 
     F# 
That kind of life's a lie 

Dbm         B 
I   have decided 
               E      B 
I'm gonna live like a believer 
        E             B 
Turn my back on the deceiver 
          F# 
I'm gonna live what I believe 

E         B 
I have decided 
        E             B 
Being good is just a fable 
       E                     B                  
I just can't 'cause I'm not able 
          E                B 
I'm gonna leave it to the Lord 

(INTERLUDE E B E B Abm  E ) 

   B                  F# 
So forget the game of being good 
    E                   B 
And your self-righteous pain 
           E           B             
'Cause the only good inside your heart 
       F#7 
Is the good that Jesus brings 

             B                   F# 
And when the world begins to see you change 
       E                 B 
Don't expect them to applaud 
               E               B 
Just keep your eyes on him and tell yourself 
        F# 
I've become the work of God 

        B 
I have decided 
           E          B 
I'm gonna live like a believer 
        E             B 
Turn my back on the deceiver 
          F# 
I'm gonna live what I believe 

E        B 
I have decided 
        E              B 
Being good is just a fable 
       E                    B 
I just can't 'cause I'm not able 
           E               B 
I'm gonna leave it to the Lord 

Jo Dee Messina version: 
G       C 
I have decided 
          F              C 
I'm gonna live like a believer 
        F                C 
turn my back on the deceiver(Oh yeah) 
C     
live what i believe (hoo hoo hoo aka The Jo dee howl) 
F                C 
Good is just a fable 
       F                   C 
i just can't cause I'm not able 
          G7                C   
I'm gonna leave it to the lord 
 F   G7   C 
  hoo hoo hoo 

Amy Grant version:  

INTERLUDE- Ab 

Ab        Db 
I have decided 
          F#            Db 
I'm gonna live like a believer 
        F#            Db 
Turn my back on the deceiver 
          Ab 
I'm gonna live what I believe 

F#        Db 
I have decided 
        F#            Db 
Being good is just a fable 
       F#                   Db 
I just can't 'cause I'm not able 
           Ab7              F# 
I'm gonna leave it to the Lord 

          Db 
I have decided 
          F#          Db 
I'm gonna live like a believer 
        F#            Db 
Turn my back on the deceiver 
           Ab             F# 
I'm gonna live what I believe 

          Db 
I have decided 
        F#            Db 
Being good is just a fable 
        F#                   Db 
I just can't 'cause I'm not able 
     Ab7                    F# 
I'm gonna leave it to the Lord 

FADE 
          Db 
I have decided 
          F#           Db 
I'm gonna live like a believer 
        F#             Db 
Turn my back on the deceiver 
           Ab             F# 
I'm gonna live what I believe 

Db        F# 
I have decided