Chords for Dar Williams - The Easy Way

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_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [F] _ _
_ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ I knew a guy, _ _ [F] I thought he was my first love, [C] but he had to decide
_ [F] Between me and the one before, and [C] she stacked it all up _
[F] Like a house of cards, [C] said if he didn't come back
You'd [F] find her flattened on the floor
And [Dm] though I went and lived in my own hell
[F] Thought that I could die as well
[Dm] I let him go where he thought he had to [F] go
_ _ [C] But I never took _ _ [F] heavy words for granted
[C]
And I never took _ [F] the undeserved [Am] advantage
And I never took _ [F] the easy way
[Dm] So why don't you take it a little easy [F] on me _ now _
Out _ _ _ [C] _ on the road, _ [F] I had so many questions
[C] I thought I would explode, _ [F] just for some [E] attention
[C] Like an _ acolyte, I [F] saw the flames of towering tapers
[C] Almost frothlitized by [F] those gleaming piles of paper
Yeah, [Dm] I watched their power huddles
[A] And their [F] coats draped over puddles
And [Dm] they're, trust me baby, [E] I'm the one you _ [F] need
_ [C] But I never took _ _ heavy words for granted
[C] And I never took _ _ [F] the undeserved advantage
And [Am] I never took _ [F] the easy way
So [Dm] why don't you take it a little easy on [F] me now _ _ _
_ _ Cause [Em] we don't want to be the ones
Who [E] lie and cheat [C] and slander
So [Am] we hold each other up [F] to the highest standard
But I tell you what, [E] _ I'll never [E] try to make it [C] hard
Cause when [Dm] you're hard, just to be hard
The only [F] thing that's hard is you
_ _ _ [C] So here's what I took, _ _ [F] I kept the whining laughter
[C] Until every path, it just [F] grew up and ever after
Yeah, [A] through the [Dm] peaks and twisted canyons
I [F] made many great companions
[G] [Dm] Best of all is the one who loves me [F] like you do
_ _ _ [C]
Cause I never took _ _ [F] heavy words for granted
[C] And I never took _ _ [F]
the undeserved advantage
[Am] And I never took _ [F] the easy way
So [E] why don't you [Dm] take it a little easy on [F] me now _
_ [C] Cause I never took _ _ [F] _
heavy words for granted
[C] And it's much too late _ [E] to even want the short cut
Yeah, I never took [F] the easy way
So you [Dm] can take it a little easy [F] on me now
_ Cause we [Dm] know that easy is never easy [F] anyhow _ _ _ _ _
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