Chords for Carly Simon - That's The Way I Always Heard It Should Be - 1971

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_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ Say good night to all you beautiful faces.
I'm so happy to see you.
I'm going to sing a song that I heard on Jones Beach today. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] Anyway, this song we heard on Jones Beach is a kind of weird song _ about marriage. _ _
My father's kiss tonight is no _ more. _ _ _ _ _
His cigarette _ glows in [G] the dark.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ Living room is still.
[C] _ I walk _ by, no.
[Am] _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ I tiptoe past the master [G] _ _ bedroom where _
_ [Bm] _ _ my lover reads her [G] movie. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ I hear her call, sweet [C] dreams.
_ But I forget how.
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ But you say it's time [Em] we moved in _ together. _ _
[Dm] _ And [F] raised a [C] family [Am] among [G] all human beings.
_ [F] _
Well, that's the way I've [Em] always heard it should be.
If you want [A] to _ marry me. _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ Some college, _ [G] they're all married _ [Bm] now. _
_ They have their houses [G] and their love.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ They have their silent [C] days, _ _ tearful nights, [Am] and green dawn.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _
_ Children _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ hate them [G] for the things _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
they do.
They hate themselves _ for [G] what they are.
_ [Bm] _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ And yet they drink, they laugh.
[C] _
Close the wound, hide the _ scar.
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ But you say it's time we [Em]
moved in together.
_ _ [Dm] _
And raised a family among [G] all human beings.
_ _ [F] _
Well, that's the way _ [Em] _ I've heard it should be.
If you [A] want to marry me.
_ You [G] say [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ that we can [G] keep our _ love [Bm] _ _ alive.
Babe, all I know is what I _ _ see.
_ _ [Dm] _
_ _ Couples cling and claw [C]
and drown in _ [Am] love's debris.
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
You say we'll soar like you've [G] heard through _ the _ [Bm] _
clouds.
But soon you'll cage me [G] on your ship.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ Learn to be [C] just me first _ _ by _ myself.
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _
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[F] _ _ Well, okay, it's [Em] time we moved in _ together. _ _
[Dm] _ And raised a [Am] family [C] among all human _ _ beings.
[F] _
Well, that's the way I've [Em] always heard it should be.
If you want [A] to _ _ marry me. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [D] _ _
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