It Happened Just That Way chords by Roger Miller

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Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
D 
Yea yea yea yea
A 
Yea yea yea yea
D 
A- well- a
G 
Yea yea yea yea
D 
A 
D 
It happened just that way

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Verse 2

Well- a

I was born in a boomer's shack

'Bout that far from the railroad track

Choo- choo rattled my window pane

Sheet- iron roof tellin' me

every time it rained

Verse 3
D 
Well- a
G 
D 
Yea yea yea yea
A 
Yea yea yea yea
D 
A- well- a
G 
Yea yea yea yea
D 
A 
It happened just that way
D 
Well- a

Verse 4
I went to a one room school
A 
Walked to and from the school
D 
G 
I carried lunch in a paper sack
D 
It was one mile over and
A 
two miles back
D 
Well-

Verse 5
a
G 
Yea yea yea yea
D 
A 
Yea yea yea yea
D 
Well
G 
Yea yea yea yea
D 
A 
It happened just that way
D 
And now my

Verse 6
Brother worked hard in the grain
A 
Poppa drove a choo- choo train
D 
G 
One sister was a righteous girl
D 
A 
But the othern was a woman of the world
D 
Well-

Verse 7
a
G 
D 
Yea yea yea yea
A 
Yea yea yea yea
D 
A- well- a
G 
Yea yea yea yea
D 
A 
D 
It happened just that way

Verse 8
D 
Well- a
G 
Yea yea yea yea
D 
A 
Yea yea yea yea
D 
Yea yea yea yea (yeah yeah
G 
yeah yeah yeah yeah)
D 
A 
D 
It happened just that way

Verse 9
Eb 
Ab 
Yea yea yea yea (yeah
Eb 
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah)
Bb 
Eb 
Well yeah yeah yeah (yeah yeah yeah)
Ab 
Eb 
Yea yea yea yea
Bb 
Eb 
E 
It happened just that way
Yea yea yea yea
A 
E 
B 
Yea yea yea yea yeah yeah
E 
A 
Yeah yeah yeah yeah