It Doesn't Have To Be That Way chords by Pete Droge

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 (D major) Distant
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Stacy called  (A major) on me,
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 (G major) out one summer night  (A major) 
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She  (D major) asked me past the  (A major) ashtray,
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found a ci (G major) garette light  (A major) 
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Cursed  (D major) the day she'd  (A major) found her lover,
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 (G major) packed and gone away
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 (A major) For good,  (B minor) for  (G major) reasons unexplained  (A major) 
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And it  (G major) doesn't have to be  (A major) that way
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 (D major) To  (A major) be  (G major)  (A major) that way  (D major) is oh  (A major) so wrong  (G major) 
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 (A major) No, it  (G major) doesn't have to be  (A major) that way  (D major)  (A major) 
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 (G major) To be  (A major) that way  (D major) is oh  (A major) so wrong  (G major)  (A major) 
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Oddly  (D major) you've been  (A major) seen
right through
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You thought  (G major) you'd see it safe  (A major) 
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You  (D major) trusted, now you bus (A major) ted
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How is it  (G major) to be such a fool?  (A major) 
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And  (D major) now you're tough enough
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 (A major) Like flowers,  (G major) hands that never share
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 (A major) A thing  (B minor) with no  (G major) one
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But you mean  (A major) it again
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And it  (G major) doesn't have to be  (A major) that way
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 (D major) Oh,  (A major) oh, oh  (G major) 
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To be  (A major) that way  (D major) isn't  (A major) so wrong  (G major) 
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 (A major) No, it  (G major) doesn't have to  (A major) be that way
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 (D major) Oh,  (A major) oh, oh
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 (G major) To be  (A major) that way  (D major) isn't  (A major) so wrong  (G major)  (A major)  (D major) 
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 (A major)  (G major)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (G major)  (A major) 
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 (D major)  (A major)  (G major)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (G major)  (A major) 
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Your  (D major) phone book's all filled  (A major) up
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with numbers  (G major) no one ever call (A major) s
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High  (D major) school memories
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 (A major) all you find the  (G major) courage to recall
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 (A major) Lonely  (D major) days will  (A major) turn to lonely night (G major) s
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and then you sleep (A major) 
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Alone  (B minor) with no  (G major) one in your  (A major) bed with you
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And it  (G major) doesn't have to be  (A major) that way,  (D major) 
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oh -ho,  (A major) oh -ho  (G major) 
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To be  (A major) that way  (D major) isn't  (A major) so wrong  (G major) 
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 (A major) No, it  (G major) doesn't have to be  (A major) that way,  (D major) 
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oh -ho,  (A major) oh -ho
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 (G major) Oh, to me  (A major) that way  (D major) is oh  (A major) so wrong  (G major) 
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 (A major) No, it  (G major) doesn't have to be  (A major) that way
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 (D major) Oh,  (A major) oh, oh, oh  (G major) 
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To me  (A major) that way  (B minor) is oh  (G major) so wrong
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