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The Way It Was Chords by Backstreet Boys

The Way It Was chords by Backstreet Boys

Guitar chords with lyrics

Intro:
C

Verse 1:

C
You kiss a little different now

Dm
You changed your hair, I like it now

F               G                    C
And baby, your body still feels the same

And soon I'll be lying on the floor, picking up the pieces
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 Dm
Drinking it away, pretending I don't need ya

F                    G                          C
But right now, I'ma hold you like nothing has changed

Chorus:

            C        Dm
I'm going crazy over you (Hey, hey, hey, hey, over you)

Dm
Over you again, yeah (Over you)

F                        G
It's never gonna be the way it was, oh (Ha, ha, ha, ha)

C
It's never gonna be the way it was

             C              Dm
And it's so crazy, what you do (Hey, hey, hey, hey, what you do)

Dm
What you do to me, oh yeah (What you do)

F                   G
This isn't how I remember us (Ha, ha, ha, ha)

C
It's never gonna be the way it was, oh

Verse 2:

C
It's a shot to my veins, lying in your bed

Dm
Never thought I'd be back with you again

F                               G                       C
So, do your worst, 'cause you know that I'll always forgive you

C
Guess I will, guess I will

Chorus:

            C         Dm
I'm going crazy over you (Hey, hey, hey, hey, over you)

Dm
Over you again, yeah (Over you)

F                        G
It's never gonna be the way it was, oh (Ha, ha, ha)

C
It's never gonna be the way it was

              C             Dm
And it's so crazy, what you do (Hey, hey, hey, hey, what you do)

Dm
What you do to me, oh yeah (What you do)

F                   G
This isn't how I remember us (Ha, ha)

C
No, it's never gonna be the way it was, oh (Ha, ha)

Bridge:

F                  C
You know, I still want you, baby

          F
We both know (We both know)

          F
We both know (We both know)

         G
We will never be the same

Chorus:

            C         Dm
I'm going crazy over you

Dm
Over you again, oh yeah

F                        G
It's never gonna be the way it was

C
It's never gonna be the way it was

            C         Dm
I'm going crazy over you, babe (Hey, hey, hey, hey, over you)

Dm
Over you again, baby (Over you)

F                   G
This isn't how I remember us, no, baby (Ha, ha, ha, ha)

C
It's never gonna be the way it was

            C             Dm
I'm going crazy, what you do (Hey, hey, hey, hey, what you do)

Dm
What you do to me, baby (What you do)

F                   G
This isn't how I remember us (Ha, ha)

C
No, it's never gonna be the way it was (Ha, ha)

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