It Happened Just That Way chords by Roger Miller

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Intro 1

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

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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  (D major) 
G 
D 
Yea yea  (G major) yea yea  (D major) 
A 
Yea yea  (A major) yea yea
D 
A- well- a  (D major) 
G 
Yea yea  (G major) yea yea
D 
A 
 (D major) It happened just  (A major) that way
D 
 (D major) Well- a

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

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

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

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

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

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