The Way It Goes chords by Gillian Welch

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

E minorEm
Becky Johnson bought the farm
E minorEm
Put a needle in her arm
      B7B7
That’s the way that it goes
      E minorEm
That’s the way


E minorEm
And her brother laid her down
E minorEm
In the cold Kentucky ground
      B7B7
That’s the way that it goes
      E minorEm
That’s the way

      G+G      E minorEm
That’s the way that it goes
   C majorC             G+G     D MajorD
Everybody’s buying little baby clothes
      G+G      E minorEm
That’s the way that it ends
       C majorC       B7B7        E minorEm
Though there was a time when she and I were friends


E minorEm
Well, Miranda ran away
E minorEm
Took her cat and left LA
      B7B7
That’s the way that it goes
      E minorEm
That’s the way


E minorEm
She was busted, broke and flat
E minorEm
Had to sell that pussy cat
      B7B7
That’s the way that it goes
      E minorEm
That’s the way

      G+G      E minorEm
That’s the way that it goes
   C majorC             G+G     D MajorD
Everybody’s buying little baby clothes
      G+G      E minorEm
That’s the way that it ends
       C majorC       B7B7        E minorEm
Though there was a time when he and I were friends


E minorEm
See the brightest ones of all
E minorEm
Early in October fall
      B7B7
That’s the way that it goes
      E minorEm
That’s the way


E minorEm
While the dark ones go to bed
E minorEm
With good whiskey in their head
      B7B7
That’s the way that it goes
      E minorEm
That’s the way


E minorEm
Now Billy Joe’s back in the tank
E minorEm
You tell Russo, I’ll tell Frank
      B7B7
That’s the way that it goes
      E minorEm
That’s the way


E minorEm
Did he throw her down a well?
E minorEm
Did she leave him for that swell?
      B7B7
That’s the way that it goes
      E minorEm
That’s the way


      G+G      E minorEm
That’s the way that it goes
   C majorC             G+G     D MajorD
Everybody’s buying little baby clothes
      G+G      E minorEm
That’s the way that it ends
       C majorC       B7B7        E minorEm
Though there was a time when all of us were friends


E minorEm
When you lay me down to rest
E minorEm
Leave a pistol in my vest
      B7B7
That’s the way that it goes
      E minorEm
That’s the way

E minorEm
Do you miss my gentle touch?
E minorEm
Did I hurt you very much?
      B7B7
That’s the way that it goes
      E minorEm
That’s the way


      G+G      E minorEm
That’s the way that it goes
   C majorC             G+G     D MajorD
Everybody’s buying little baby clothes
      G+G      E minorEm
That’s the way that it ends
       C majorC       B7B7        E minorEm
Though there was a time when you and I were friends

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