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That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be easy guitar chords by
Carly Simon
Carly Simon

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Verse 1
Am

My father sits at night

with no lights on
Cm

His cigarette glows in the dark

The living room is still
Bb
Gb
F

I walk by, no remark
Am
F

I tiptoe past the master bedroom where
Am
F
Cm

My mother reads her magazines

I hear her call sweet dreams
Bb

But I forget how to dream

(How to dream,
Gm
Gb
F
Eb

how to dream)
Verse 2
Dm

But you say it's time we moved
Cm

in together
Bb

And raised a family of our own, you and me
Eb

Well, that's the way I've
Dm

always heard it should be
G
C

You want to marry me
Verse 3
Am

My friends from college,

they're all married now

They have their houses and
Cm

their lawns
Bb

They have their silent noons
Gm
Gb
F

Tearful nights, angry dawns
Am
F

Their children hate them for the things
Am

they're not (things they'll never be)

They hate themselves for
F
Cm

what they are

And yet they drink, they laugh
Bb

Close the wound,

hide the scar
Gm
Gb
F
Verse 4
Eb


But you say it's time we
Dm

moved in together
Cm
Bb

And raised a family of our own,

you and me
Cm
Eb

Well, that's the way I've
Dm

always heard it should be
G

You want to marry me
C

Verse 5
Am
F
Am

You say we can keep our love alive
F

Babe, all I know is what I see
Cm

The couples cling and claw
Bb

And drown in love's
Gm
Gb
F
Am

debris

You say we'll soar like two
F

birds through the clouds
Am

But soon you'll cage me
F
Am
Cm

on your shelf
Bb

I'll never learn to be just me first
Gm
F#

By myself
F
Verse 6
Eb


Well okay, it's time we
Dm
Cm

moved in together
Bb

And raised a family of our own,
Eb

you and me

Well, that's the way I've
Dm

always heard it should be
G

You want to marry me
C

We'll marry

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Chords
  • Am

  • Cm

    3
  • Bb

  • Gb

    2
  • F

  • Gm

    3
  • Eb

    6
  • Dm

  • G

  • C

  • F#

    2

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