The Way It Was original guitar chords by 
The Killers 
Key: E major•
Intro 1
E
C#m7
G#m
A
B
E
C#m7
G#m
A
B
Verse 1
E
C#m7
G#m
I drove through the desert last night
A
B
E
C#m7
G#m
I carried the weight of our last fight
A
B
E
C#m7
Elvis singing "don't be cruel"
And I wonder
G#m
A
B
if you feel it too It's like we're going under
Pre-chorus 1
C#m7
Somewhere outside
F#m7
G#m7
the lonely Esmeralda county line
A
B
The question of my heart came to my mind
Chorus 1
A
E
If I go on with you (by my side)
A/C#
Bsus4
B
Can it be the way it was?
A
When we met
E
B
Did you for get all about those golden nights?
Verse 2
E
C#m7
G#m
A
B
Maybe a thief stole your heart
E
B
C#m
Or maybe we just drifted a part
A
B
I remember driving
E
C#m7
In my daddy's car to the airfield
G#m
Blanket on the hood,
A
B
backs against the windshield
Pre-chorus 2
C#m7
F#m7
Back then this thing was running
G#m7
on momentum, love and trust
A
B
That paradise is buried in the dust
Chorus 2
A
E
If I go on with you (by my side)
A/C#
Bsus4
B
Can it be the way it was?
A
When we met
E
B
Did you for get all about those golden nights?
Bridge 1
(The way it was, it was)
F#m7
C#m7
B
All of our plans have fallen through
F#m7
Sometimes a dream,
B
Aadd9
C#m7
B
it don't come true
A
E
B
Chorus 3
A
Dar ling! Dar....
E
A/C#
(If we go on, can it be?)
Bsus4
B
Can it be the way it was?
A
When we met
E
B
Did you for get all about them golden nights?
A
E
If I go on with you (by my side)
A/C#
Bsus4
B
Can it be the way it was?
A
My heart is true
E
B
Girl, it's just you I'm think ing of
Outro 1
Can it be the way it
E
C#m7
G#m
A
B
(was?)
E
C#m7
G#m
A
B
Maybe a thief stole your heart
E
C#m7
G#m
A
B
[Fade out]
TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE C#m7 G#m A B...
E
C#m7
G#m
A
B
F#m7
G#m7
A/C#
Bsus4
C#m
Aadd9
Capo: No capo
Transpose: 0
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