The Way I Should chords by Iris Dement

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   D   G   G   C   D   G   G

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

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


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


[Instrumental]

C   D   G   C   C   D   G   G


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


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


[Outro. Repeat To Fade]

C   D   G   G


Chords:
C  = X32010
D  = XX0232
Em = 022000
G  = 320033



Transcribed by Jim Sparrow - 5th Feb 1998
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