It Doesn't Have to Be That Way chords by
Jim Croce
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Key: C major•
Intro 1
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Gsus4
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Verse 1
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Snowy
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nights and Christmas lights
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Icy window panes
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Make me wish that
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we could be
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Together again
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Am
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And the windy winter avenues
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Dm
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Just don't seem the same
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And the Christmas carols sound like blues
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But the choir is not to blame
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But it
Verse 2
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Em
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doesn't have to be that way
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What we had should have
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C
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never have ended
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Am
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I'll be dropping by today
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'Cause we could easily get
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D
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it together to night
It's only right
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Gsus4
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Verse 3
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Crowded stores, the corner Santa Claus
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Tinseled afternoons
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And the sidewalk bands
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that play their songs
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Slightly out of tune
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On the windy win ter avenues
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There walks a lonely man
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And if I told you who he is
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Well, I think you'd understand
Verse 4
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Em
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Em
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But it doesn't have to be that way
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Em
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What we had should have
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Em
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C
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never have ended
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I'll be dropping by today
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'Cause we could easily
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get it together tonight
D
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It's only right
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Dm
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Em
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Verse 5
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Em
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Am
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Em
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But it doesn't have to be that way
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Em
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What we had should have
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C
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never have ended
Am
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Em
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I'll be dropping by today
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Em
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'Cause we could easily get
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it together tonight
Outro 1
It's only right
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