Artist: Carly Simon
Song: That's the way I've always heard it should be
Tabbed by: DJ
3rd June 2013
Tuning: Standard
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[ch]Bm/D[/ch] Gmaj7
My father sits at night with no lights on,
[ch]Bm/D[/ch] Gmaj7 Dm9
His cigarette glows in the dark, the living room is still,
Cadd9 Am/G Ab G
I walk by, no re - mark---------! | / / / / |
[ch]Bm/D[/ch] Gmaj7
I tiptoe past the master bedroom, where...
[ch]Bm/D[/ch] Gmaj7 Dm9
...my mother reads her maga - zines, I hear her call,"Sweet dreams!"
Cadd9 Am/G Ab G
But I forget how to dream--------! | / / / / |
Fmaj7 Em7
But you say it's time we moved in together,
Fmaj7 Cmaj7
And raised a family of our own, you and me,
Fmaj7 Em7
Well, that's the way I've always heard it should be,
A D5
You want to marry me, ...we'll marry-----!
[ch]Bm/D[/ch] Gmaj7
My friends from college, they're all... married now,
[ch]Bm/D[/ch] Gmaj7 Dm9
They have their houses, and their... lawns, they have their silent noons,
Cadd9 Am/G Ab G
Tearful nights, angry dawns------! | / / / / |
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[ch]Bm/D[/ch] Gmaj7
Their children hate them for----- the things they're not,
[ch]Bm/D[/ch] Gmaj7 Dm9
They hate themselves for what they are, and yet they drink, they laugh,
Cadd9 Am/G Ab G
Close the wound, hide the scar------! | / / / / |
Fmaj7 Em7
But you say it's time we moved in together,
Fmaj7 Cmaj7
And raised a family of our own, you and me,
Fmaj7 Em7
Well, that's the way I've always heard it should be,
A D5
You want to marry me, ...we'll marry-----!
[ch]Bm/D[/ch] Gmaj7
You say that we can keep our love alive,
[ch]Bm/D[/ch] Gmaj7 Dm9
Babe, all I know is what I see, the couples cling and claw,
Cadd9 Am/G Ab G
And drown in love's de - bris------! | / / / / |
[ch]Bm/D[/ch] Gmaj7
You say, we'll soar like two birds through the clouds,
[ch]Bm/D[/ch] Gmaj7
But soon you'll cage me... on your shelf,
Dm9 Cadd9 Am/G Ab G
I'll never learn to be just me first, by my - self--------! | / / / / |
Fmaj7 Em7
Well, okay, it's time we moved in together,
Fmaj7 Cmaj7
And raised a family of our own, you and me,
Fmaj7 Em7
Well, that's the way I've always heard it should be,
A D5
You want to marry me, ...we'll marry-----------------!
(Marry-----------!)
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[ch]Bm/D[/ch] = xx0432 Am/G = 302210 Fmaj7 = 133210 A = x02220
Gmaj7 = 3x0032 Ab = 466544 Em7 = 022030 D5 = xx0235
Dm9 = xx0210 G = 355433 Cmaj7 = x32000
Cadd9 = x32030
