The Way That It Was Ode To A Small Town Chords

Key: F Intro: C G/B Am G F C/E Dm G C G/B Am G F G Verse 1: C The man at the bus stop, in his old faded coat Dm C/E F I see him on Tuesdays on Worradree Road C G/B Am G Just after smoko, he sits there and waits Dm C/E F G F Takes the bus not the taxi cos the driver's his mate Verrse 2: C G/B Am G It's his weekly parade to the town's RSL Dm C/E F They won't let him walk cos that one time he fell C G/B Am G And he hasn't a license cos they won't let him drive Dm C/E F But he don't need ID they just wave him inside

Verse 3: C G/B Am G Past the flame of remembrance and the medals display Dm C/E F And the screens playing Keno to an empty buffet C G/B Am G He'll be having the usual, don't need to be told Dm C/E F G And he'll sail through to sundown on a schooner of Gold Chorus: C On the way, through today F C/E Dm7 In the love, and the loss G C G/B Am C And the way that it is F G C Turns into the way that it was Instrumental Break: G/B Am G F C/E Dm7 G C G/B Am G F G Verse 4: C Well he’d see Geraldine when they'd come for the shows Dm C/E F Back in the day when they'd stop for the Ode C G/B Am C They bought a three bedder and in the blink of an eye Dm C/E F He kissed Geraldine her final goodbye Verse 5: C G/B Am C He worked as a firey, odd jobs on the side Dm7 C/E F Raised in the day when the menfolk provide C G/B Am G Well he lives all alone now in the grey fibro house Dm7 C/E F And he says, when I'm done they can carry me out Verse 6: C G Am G Murray's is shut it was cheaper than Coles Dm7 C/E F But the newcomers favour the new over old C G/B Am G There are brick boxes popping up all over town Dm7 C/E F G He watches them pulling his memories down Chorus: C On the way, through today F C/E Dm7 In the love, and the loss G C G/B Am C And the way that it is F G/B C Turns into the way that it was Bridge: F C G Maybe it's progress, maybe it's death F Am G Maybe we just don't know what it is yet F C G Maybe that yarn with the old bloke you met Am G F G Might help this little town not to forget Chorus: C On the way, through today F C/E Dm7 In the love, and the loss G C G/B Am C And the way that it is F G C G/B Am7 Turns into the way that it was C G F C/E Dm7 G Oh the way that it was Outro: C/E Dm7 G C G/B Am C F G C