The Easy Way chords by
Dar Williams
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Key: C major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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C

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I knew a guy,
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I thought he was my first love
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C

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But he had to decide between
me and the one before
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And she stacked it all up,
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like a house of cards
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C
C

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Said if he didn't come back,
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he'd find her flattened on the floor
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And though I went
Verse 2
Dm
Dm

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and lived
in my own hell
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F

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Thought that I could die as well
Dm
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I let him go where he thought
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F

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he had to go
Verse 3
C
C

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F
F

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'Cause I never took heavy
words for granted
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C

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F
F

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And I never took undeserved advantage
Am
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F

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No, I never took the easy way
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Dm
Dm

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So why don't you take it
a little easy on me now?
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Verse 4
C
C

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F

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Out on the road, I had so many questions
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C

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I thought I would explode
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F

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just for some attention
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C

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Like an acolyte,
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F

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I saw the flames of towering tapers
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Almost proselytized by
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those gleaming piles of paper
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Yeah, I watched
Verse 5
the power huddles
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F

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And their coats draped over puddles
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And their trust me, baby,
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I'm the one you need
Verse 6
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C

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But I never took heavy words for granted
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C

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F
F

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And I never took undeserved advantage
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Am

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F
F

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No, I never took the easy way
Dm
Dm

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So why don't you take it a little
easy on me now?
F
F

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Verse 7
Am
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'Cause we don't want to be the ones
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C

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To lie and cheat and slander
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So we hold each other up to
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C
C

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the higher standard
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Am

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But I'll tell you what,
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G
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C
C

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I'll never try to make it hard
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?Cause when you're hard
just to be hard
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The only thing that's hard is you
Verse 8
C
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So here's what I took,
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I kept the wine and laughter
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C

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Until every path just grew
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F

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up and ever after
Dm
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Through the peaks and twisty canyons
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F

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I made many great companions
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Best of all is the one who loves
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me like you do
Verse 9
C
C

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F
F

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'Cause I never took heavy
words for granted
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C

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F
F

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And I never took undeserved advantage
Am
Am

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F
F

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No, I never took the easy way
Dm
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So why don't you take it a little
F
F

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easy on me now?
Verse 10
C
C

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F
F

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'Cause I never took heavy
words for granted
C
C

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F
F

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And it's much too late to even
want the shortcut
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Am

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F
F

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Yeah, I never took the easy way
Dm
Dm

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So you can take it a little
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F

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easy on me now
Dm
Dm

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'Cause we know that easy's
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never easy anyhow
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