Chords for That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be (2015 Remaster)

[Bm] _ My father sits at night [G] with no lights on _
[Bm] _ _ His cigarette glows in [G] the dark
_ _ _ [Gbm] _
[Am] _ _ [Dm] The living room is still
[C] _ I walk by no _ remark
_ _ [Ab] I _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ tiptoe past the [G] master _ bedroom where _ _
[Bm] _ My mother reads her [G] _ magazines _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ I hear her call sweet [C] _ dreams
But I forget how [Am] to _ dream
_ _ [Ab] But [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ you say it's time [Em] we moved in _ together _ _
[Dm] _ Raised a family of [C] you _ and _ me _
[F] _ Well that's the way that _ _
[Em] it should be
You [A] want to marry _ _ me _ [D] We'll _ _ marry _ _ _
[Bm] My _ friends from college, they're [G] all _ married now _
[Bm] _ _ They have their houses [G] and their love _ _ _
They [Dm] _ _ _ have their silent _ [C] noons, _ tearful nights, _ angry [Am] _ _ _ dawns
[Ab] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ Their children hate [D] them for [G] the things they're not
[D] _ [Bm] _ They hate themselves for what [G] they own _ _
[Gbm] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ Yet they drink, they laugh, [C] _ close the wound, _ hide [Am] the scar
But _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ you say it's time [Em] we moved in [D] _
together
[G] _ _ [Dm] _ Raised a [F] family of [C] you _ and me
_ _ [F] _ Well that's the way it [Em] should _ _ be
You [A] want to _ marry _ _ me _ [D] We'll marry _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
You say that we [Gbm] can keep [G] our love _ [Bm] alive _
But babe, all I know is what [G] I see _ _ _ _
[Dm] Couples _ _ _ cling and claw [C] and drown in love's [Am] debris
_ _ _ [Ab] _ You [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ say we'll soar like two [G] birds through the clouds _
[Bm] But soon you'll cage me [G] on your _ shelf _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ _ I'll learn to be [C] just me first _ _ By [Am] _ _ myself
_ _ [Ab] _
[G] Well _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ hey, it's time we [Em] moved in together _ _
[Dm] And _ raised a family of [C] you _ and me _ _
[F] _ Well that's the way I _
[Em] heard it should be
You [A] want to marry _ me _ _ _ [D] We'll marry _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _