The Way I Should chords by
Iris Dement

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Key: B major

Intro 1

Verse 1
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A cold wind against my
D D 
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G G 
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shoulder woke me up in the middle of the night
Em Em 
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An Autumn leaf was scraping
against my window
Like it was trying hard to get inside
G G 
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C C 
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And then a ghost that I had met
D D 
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before kept me up 'til dawn
G G 
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And everything I thought was
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right was suddenly all wrong
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He said, "Your score is
looking pretty bad"
And then he asked me what
it was that I had to show
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Verse 2
So I went running down a list of things
D D 
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Some were real,
G G 
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but on some of them I lied
Em Em 
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Cause I felt I had to justify each breath
G G 
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that I'd been breathing in this life
C C 
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Then I realized I was playing
D D 
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into someone else's rules,
G G 
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Trying to keep my score up in
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a game I did not choose
D D 
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Then I looked that ghost
straight in the eye
And said "You'd better not be
coming back by again"
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Verse 3
And it's true that I don't
C C 
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work near as hard
D D 
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As you tell me that I'm supposed to
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D D 
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G G 
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C C 
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I don't run as fast as I  could
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But I live just the way I want to

Interlude 1

And that's the way I should

Verse 4
G G 
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October's leaves were dancing 'round
D D 
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Like angels dressed in
G G 
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robes of Red and Gold
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But November's come and gone now
And they're lying in the gutter
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out along the road
C C 
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They're gonna make their way out to the
D D 
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ditch or someday to the sea,
G G 
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They'll get to where they're going
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without the help of you or me
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And if each life is just a grain of sand
I'm telling you man,
this grain of sand is mine
G G 
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Verse 5
And it's true that I don't
C C 
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work near as hard
D D 
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As you tell me that I'm supposed to
G G 
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C C 
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I don't run as fast as I could
D D 
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But I live just the way I want to
G G 
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And that's the way I should
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Em Em 
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D D 
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But I  live just the way I   want to

Outro 1
And that's the way I should
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C C 
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D D 
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G G 
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C C 
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D D 
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G G 
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C C 
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D D 
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G G 
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C C 
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D D 
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