The Way Things Were Chords by Social Distortion

The Way Things Were by Social Distortion

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Tuning: E A D G B E

Intro:

D Dsus2
(alternate between the two until the verse)
 
Verse:
D Dsus2
Throwing rocks at trains along railroad tracks
D Dsus2                            A
Dead end kids who slip beneath the cracks
Bm                A
We spent our time getting high
G               D
We did our best to get by
Bm             A                     D Dsus2
And we say goodbye to the way things were
 
D Dsus2
 
D Dsus2
No one said that life would be so hard
D Dsus2                                 A
So I found out my escape with an old guitar
Bm                    A
I wrote a song with a stolen riff
G                     D
You ain't got a star, you ain't got shit
Bm         A                         D Dsus2
And we say goodbye to the way things were
D Dsus2
 
Chorus:
Bm          A                     G
Sometimes I think of when we were young
          D
We didn't have a care
Bm                    A               G
Sometimes I wish that life would just stand still
Bm                       A
We lit the fire where it all began
G                      D
Then we watched it all burn down again
Bm         A                         D Dsus2
And we say goodbye to the way things were
 
[Solo]
 
Bm A G D
Bm A G
Bm A G D
Bm A D Dsus2
 
Chorus:
Bm          A                     G
Sometimes I think of when we were young
          D
We didn't have a care
Bm                     A               G
I want to go back to a simple place in time
Bm                    A
As the night falls we shed a tear
G                 D
Watching freedoms disappear
Bm         A                         D Dsus2
And we say goodbye to the way things were
D Dsus2 (Alternate between the two until the verse)
 
Verse:
D Dsus2
I surely struck on luck now and I found love
D Dsus2                            A
I didn't know how fortunate that I was
Bm                 A
I said I'm old and to let go
G                D
Til it's time to leave this world
Bm         A                         D Dsus2
And we say goodbye to the way things were
 
Chorus:
Bm          A                     G
Sometimes I think of when we were young
          D
We didn't have a care
Bm         A                      G
Why do all good things come to an end?
Bm               A
Like it was just yesterday
G                   D
Watching old dreams fade away
 
Outro:
Bm          A                         D
And you say goodbye to the way things were
Bm          A                         D
And you say goodbye to the way things were
Bm          A                         G
And you say goodbye to the way things were
D Dsus2
End on D

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