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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