That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be chords by 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

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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