Chords for That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be (Lyrics) Carly Simon

_ My father sits at night [G] with no lights on
_ [Bm] _
His cigarette glows in [G] the dark
The [Gbm] _ _ _ [Dm] _ living room is still
[C] _ I walk by, no _ _ _ remark
_ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ He tiptoe past the master [G] _ bedroom where
_ [Bm] _ My mother reads her [G] _ _ magazines _ _ _
[Dm] _ I hear her call sweet [C] dreams
But [C] forget how [Am] to dream
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ But to say it's time we [Em] moved in _ together
_ [Dm] _
_ Raised a family _ [C] _ _
with me
_ _ [F] Well that's the way I [Em] always heard it should be
You want [A] to marry _ _ _ me
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] My friends from college, they're all married now
_ _ They have their houses and [G] their love _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ They have their silent moons
[C] _ Tearful nights, angry _ dawn
_ [Ab] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bm] Their children hate them [G] for the things they're not
[Bm] _ _ They hate themselves for [G] what they are _ _ _
[Dm] _ And yet they drink, they laugh
Close the wound, hide [C] the scar _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ But to say it's time [Em] we moved in together _ _
[Dm] _ _ Raised a family, _ [C] you and [A] _ me
_ [F] Well that's the way I _ [Em] heard it should be
You [A] want to marry _ _ me
[D] We're allowed _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ You say that we [Gbm] can keep [G] our love _ [Gbm] alive
[Bm] _ Babe, all I know is [G] what I see
_ _ _ [Dm] Couples _ cling and claw [C] and drown in _ [Am] love's debris _ _
[Ab] _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ Sing a song like two [G] birds through the clouds
_ [Bm] _ But soon you'll cage me [G] on your shelf
I _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ never learned to be [C] just me first
_ By _ myself
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
Well hey it's time [Em] we moved in together
_ [Dm] _ And raised a family of [C] old, you and me
_ [F] _
Well that's the way I [Em] always heard it should be
You want [A] to marry _ _ me
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _