The Way I Should chords by Iris Dement

Chords with lyrics

The Way I Should - Written by Iris DeMent
>From The Album "The Way I Should" - Iris DeMent
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Capo 4th Fret


[Intro]

C majorC  D MajorD  G+G  G+G  C majorC  D MajorD  G+G  G+G

G+G                D MajorD                G+G
A augmentedA cold wind against my ....
  E minorEm
An autumn leaf was ...
                 G+G
Like it was tryin' hard ...
      C majorC               D MajorD
And then a ghost that I had met ...
  G+G                 C majorC
And everything I thought was ...
       D MajorD
He said "your score is ...
                      G+G
Then he asked me what it was ...

G+G
So I went runnin' ...
D MajorD                   G+G
Some were real, but on ..
     E minorEm
'Cause I felt I ...
             G+G
I'd been breathin' in ...
    C majorC              D MajorD
Then I realized I was playin...
G+G                C majorC
Tryin' to keep my score up in ...
    D MajorD
Then I looked that ghost ...
                  G+G
"You'd better not be ..


G+G             C majorC
And it's true that I don't ...
    D MajorD
As you tell me that ...
G+G             C majorC
 I don't run as fast ..
             D MajorD
But I live just ...
           G+G
And that's the ...

[Instrumental]

C majorC  D MajorD  G+G  C majorC  C majorC  D MajorD  G+G  G+G


G+G
October's leaves ...
   D MajorD                 G+G
Like angels dressed in ...
  E minorEm
But November's come ...
                       G+G
And they're lyin' in the gutter ...
       C majorC                 D MajorD
They're gonna make their way out to the ...
      G+G                   C majorC
But they'll get to where they're goin' ...
      D MajorD
And if each life is just ...
                      G+G
I'm tellin' you man, this ...


G+G             C majorC
And it's true that I don't ..
    D MajorD
As you tell me that ...
G+G             C majorC
 I don't run as ...
             D MajorD
But I live just ...
           G+G
And that's the ...
  C majorC           D MajorD
But I live just ...
           G+G
And that's the ...


[Outro. Repeat To Fade]

C majorC  D MajorD  G+G  G+G


Chords:
C majorC = X32010
D MajorD = XX0232
E minorEm = 022000
G+G = 320033


Transcribed by Jim Sparrow - 5th Feb 1998
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