The Way I Should chords by Iris DeMent
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Intro 1
(C major) (D major) (G major)
(C major) (E minor) (D major) (G major)
Verse 1
A cold (G major) wind against my
shoulder (D major) woke me up in the middle of the night (G major)
An (E minor) Autumn leaf was scraping
against my window
Like it was trying hard to get inside
(G major) And then a ghost (C major) that I had met
before kept (D major) me up 'til dawn
(G major) And everything I thought was
right (C major) was suddenly all wrong
He said, "Your score (D major) is
looking pretty bad"
And then he asked me what
it was that I had to show
(G major)
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Verse 2
So I went running down a list of things
Some (D major) were real,
but on some of them I lied (G major)
Cause I felt (E minor) I had to justify each breath
that I'd been breathing in this (G major) life
Then I realized (C major) I was playing
into someone (D major) else's rules,
(G major) Trying to keep my score up in
a game (C major) I did not choose
Then I looked (D major) that ghost
straight in the eye
And said "You'd better not be
coming back by again"
(G major)
Verse 3
And it's true that I don't
work (C major) near as hard
As you tell (D major) me that I'm supposed to
(G major) I don't run as fast (D major) as I (G major) (C major) could
But I live just the way I (D major) want to
Interlude 1
And that's the way I should
(G major) (C major)
(D major) (G major) (C major)
(E minor) (D major) (G major)
Verse 4
October's (G major) leaves were dancing 'round
Like (D major) angels dressed in
robes of Red and (G major) Gold
But Novem (E minor) ber's come and gone now
And they're lying in the gutter
out along the road (G major)
They're gonna (C major) make their way out to the
ditch or someday (D major) to the sea,
They'll (G major) get to where they're going
without the help (C major) of you or me
And if each (D major) life is just a grain of sand
I'm telling you man,
this grain of sand is mine
(G major)
Verse 5
And it's true that I don't
work (C major) near as hard
As you tell (D major) me that I'm supposed to
(G major) I don't run as fast as I (C major) could
But I live just the way I want (D major) to
And that's the way I should (G major)
But I (C major) live just the way I (E minor) want (D major) to
Outro 1
And that's the way I should
(G major) (C major)
(D major) (G major)
(C major) (D major) (G major)
(C major) (D major) (G major)
(C major) (D major) (D major)
The Way I Should
Iris DeMent
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