That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be chords by
Ann Hampton Callaway
Liz Callaway

N/A

Key: G major•

Verse 1

Bm

Bm

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G

G

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Bm

Bm

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G

G

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My

Bm

Bm

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Father sits

G

G

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at night with no lights on

Bm

Bm

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G

G

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His cigarette glows in the dark

Dm

Dm

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The living room is still,

C

C

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Am

Am

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I walk by, no remark

Cm

Cm

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G

G

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D

D

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Bm

Bm

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I tip toe past the

G

G

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master bedroom

Bm

Bm

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G

G

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where my mother reads her magazines.

Dm

Dm

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I hear her call sweet dreams,

C

C

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Am

Am

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Eb

Eb

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G

G

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but I forget how to dream.

F

F

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But you say it's time we

Em

Em

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moved in together

Dm

Dm

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C

C

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and raised a family of our own,

you and me.

F

F

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Well, that's the way I've

Em

Em

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always heard it should be

A

A

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You want to marry me

D

D

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We'll marry

My friends from college,

G

G

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they're all married now

D

D

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They have their houses

G

G

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Dm

Dm

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and their lawns

C

C

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They have their silent noons,

Am

Am

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Cm

Cm

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G

G

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tearful nights, angry dawns

D

D

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Bm

Bm

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The children hate them

G

G

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for the things they're not

D

D

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G

G

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They hate themselves for what they are

Dm

Dm

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And yet they drink, they laugh,

C

C

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Am

Am

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Eb

Eb

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G

G

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close the wound, hide the scar

F

F

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But you say it's time we

Em

Em

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moved in together

Dm

Dm

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C

C

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an d raised a family of our own,

you and me.

F

F

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Well, that's the way

Em

Em

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I've always heard it should be.

A

A

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You want to marry me

D

D

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We'll marry

G

G

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D

D

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G

G

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Here

D

D

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Bm

Bm

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G

G

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You say that we can't keep our love alive

D

D

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Bm

Bm

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G

G

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Babe, all I know is what I see

Dm

Dm

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All I know is what I see

C

C

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The couples cling and claw,

G

G

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F

F

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D

D

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Cm

Cm

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G

G

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and drown in love's debris

D

D

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You say you'll soar like two

G

G

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birds through the clouds

D

D

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Bm

Bm

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G

G

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But soon you'll cage me on your shell

Dm

Dm

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C

C

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Oh, I'll never learn to be just

Ab

Ab

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F

F

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me first by myself

Well, okay, it's time we

Em

Em

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moved in together

Dm

Dm

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C

C

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And raised a family of our own,

you and me

F

F

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Well, that's the way

Em

Em

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I've always heard it should be

A

A

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You want to marry me

D

D

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We'll marry you

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ChordsBm G Dm C Am...

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Dm
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Am
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Eb
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A
Ab

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