The Way I Should chords by
Iris Dement

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Key: B major•

Intro 1

E

E

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F#

F#

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B

B

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E

E

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G#m

G#m

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F#

F#

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B

B

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Verse 1

B

B

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A cold wind against my

F#

F#

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B

B

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shoulder woke me up in the middle of the night

G#m

G#m

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An Autumn leaf was scraping

against my window

Like it was trying hard to get inside

B

B

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E

E

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And then a ghost that I had met

F#

F#

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before kept me up 'til dawn

B

B

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And everything I thought was

E

E

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right was suddenly all wrong

F#

F#

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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

B

B

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Verse 2

So I went running down a list of things

F#

F#

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Some were real,

B

B

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but on some of them I lied

G#m

G#m

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Cause I felt I had to justify each breath

B

B

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that I'd been breathing in this life

E

E

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Then I realized I was playing

F#

F#

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into someone else's rules,

B

B

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Trying to keep my score up in

E

E

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a game I did not choose

F#

F#

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Then I looked that ghost

straight in the eye

And said "You'd better not be

coming back by again"

B

B

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Verse 3

And it's true that I don't

E

E

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work near as hard

F#

F#

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As you tell me that I'm supposed to

B

B

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F#

F#

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B

B

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E

E

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I don't run as fast as I could

F#

F#

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But I live just the way I want to

Interlude 1

And that's the way I should

B

B

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E

E

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F#

F#

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B

B

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E

E

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G#m

G#m

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F#

F#

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B

B

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Verse 4

B

B

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October's leaves were dancing 'round

F#

F#

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Like angels dressed in

B

B

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robes of Red and Gold

G#m

G#m

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But November's come and gone now

And they're lying in the gutter

B

B

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out along the road

E

E

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They're gonna make their way out to the

F#

F#

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ditch or someday to the sea,

B

B

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They'll get to where they're going

E

E

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without the help of you or me

F#

F#

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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

B

B

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Verse 5

And it's true that I don't

E

E

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work near as hard

F#

F#

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As you tell me that I'm supposed to

B

B

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E

E

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I don't run as fast as I could

F#

F#

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But I live just the way I want to

B

B

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And that's the way I should

E

E

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G#m

G#m

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F#

F#

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But I live just the way I want to

Outro 1

And that's the way I should

B

B

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E

E

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F#

F#

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B

B

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E

E

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F#

F#

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B

B

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E

E

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F#

F#

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B

B

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E

E

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F#

F#

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F#

F#

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TunerE A D G B E

ChordsE F# B G#m

E
F#
B
G#m

Capo: 4

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Chords

E
F#
B
G#m

Capo: 4

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