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

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Key: A minor
Verse 1
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My father sits at night
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with no lights on
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F
F

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His cigarette glows in the dark
Cm
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Dm
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The living room is still, I walk by,
Gm
Gm

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F#
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Dm
Dm

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no remark
C
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F
F

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I tiptoe past the master bedroom where
C
C

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F
F

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My mother reads her magazine
Cm
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I hear her call, sweet dreams,
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Gm
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Gb
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F
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Eb
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but I forget how to dream.
But you say it's time we
Dm
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moved in together,
Cm
Cm

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Raised a family of our own, you and me
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Eb
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I've always heard that's
Dm
Dm

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the way it should be
G
G

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C
C

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You want to marry me
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My friends from college are
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all married now
They have their houses and their lords
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Bb
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They have their silent noons,
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F#
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tearful nights, angry dawns
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F

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C
C

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The children hate them
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F
F

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for the things they're
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F
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They hate themselves for what they are
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And yet they drink, they laugh,
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close the wound, hide the scar
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But you think it's time
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we moved in together
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Raised a family of our own, you and me
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I've always heard that's
Dm
Dm

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the way it should be
G
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C
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You want to bury
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You say that we can keep our love alive
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Babe, all I know is what I see
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The couples cling and clump
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Dm
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Gm
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F#
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and drown in love's debris
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You say we'll soar like two birds
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through the clouds
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But soon you'll cage me on your shell
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I'll never learn to be just me first,
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or myself
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Eb
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So we say it's time we
Dm
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moved in together
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Cm
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We've all been together
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Raised a family of our own,
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you and me
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I've always heard that's
Dm
Dm

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the way it should be
G
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You want to marry me
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Am
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F
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You'll marry me
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You
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