The Way It Used To Be chords by
City And Colour
City And Colour

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Key: A major
Intro 1
A
A

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C#
C#

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F#m
F#m

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D
D

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Verse 1
D
D

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A
A

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This is the story of a man
Who took for granted
C#
C#

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everything he had
C#sus4
C#sus4

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C#
C#

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And how he let it all
F#m
F#m

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just slip away
D
D

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Never to return again
Verse 2
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D

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Now twenty years have
A
A

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come and gone
And still he wonders what
F#m
F#m

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he did so wrong
D
D

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And how that he can win back her heart
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E

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And finally step outside of the dark
Verse 3
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E

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A
A

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He buys fresh roses everyday
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E

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F#m
F#m

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Her favourite flower so she used to say
D
D

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And now the memories all that he has left
And I'm afraid he'll drink
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E

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himself to death
Verse 4
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A

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This is the story of a man
C#
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Who took for granted everything he had
F#m
F#m

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And how he let it all just slip away
D
D

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Never to return again
Interlude 1
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A
A

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C#
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F#m
F#m

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D
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Verse 5
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It's clear she's moved on long ago
But he still clings on to a
F#m
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distant hope
That she'll come back and
D
D

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make a happy home
For now it's him and the
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E

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bottle all alone
Verse 6
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Sometimes you'll see him in the yard
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E

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F#m
F#m

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A wounded man with a desperate heart
D
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He keeps the hedges trimmed nice and neat
To keep them the way
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E

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that they used to be
Verse 7
A
A

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This is the story of a man
C#
C#

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Who took for granted everything he had
F#m
F#m

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And how he let it all just slip away
D
D

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Never to return again
Interlude 2
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A
A

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C#
C#

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C#sus4
C#sus4

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C#
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F#m
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D
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Verse 8
D
D

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A
A

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A single dress hangs on it's own
F#m
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The scent of perfume all he has to hold
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D

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A wasted life waiting on a dream
E
E

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Hoping for things the way they used to be
Verse 9
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E

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A
A

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This is the story of a man (this is
the story of a man)
Who took for granted everything
C#
C#

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he had (everything he had)
F#m
F#m

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And how he let it all just slip away
(he let it slip away)
D
D

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Never to return again (to return again)

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ChordsA C# F#m D C#sus4...

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