The Way It Used To Be Chords & Tabs
The Way It Used To Be Chords
What’s up guys and gals? I decided to plate up the bonus track for you all!
(TUNING: one and a half step down)
Chords used:
G E E* F C C* Am C/B
e|---0----0---0---0----0----0----0---0--|
B|---3----0---0---1----1----1----1---1--|
G|---0----1---2---2----0----0----2---0--|
D|---0----2---2---3----2----2----2---0--|
A|---2----2---2---3----3----3----0---2--|
E|---3----0---0-------------3-----------|
Intro: C* (strum and pause)
Then: C, E, Am, F
Intro/Chorus:
C
This is the story of a man
E E*
Who took for granted everything he had
Am
And how he let it all just slip away
F~
Never to return again
(Note that the E* is just a quick hammer-on on the 2nd fret of the G-string)
Verse I:
C
Now twenty years have come and gone
Am
And still he wonders what he did so wrong
F
And how that he can win back her heart
G
And finally step outside of the dark
C
He buys fresh roses every day
C/B Am
Her favorite flower so she used to say
F
And now the memories all that he has left
G
And I'm afraid he'll drink himself to death
Chorus:
C
This is the story of a man
E
Who took for granted everything he had
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Am
And how he let it all just slip away
F
Never to return again
C E
Ooh
Am F~
Ooh
Verse II:
C
It's clear she's moved on long ago
Am
But he still clings on to a distant hope
F
That she’ll come and make a happy home
G
For now it's him and the bottle all alone
C
Sometimes you'll see him in the yard
C/B Am
A wounded man with a desperate heart
F
He keeps the hedges trimmed nice and neat
G
To keep them the way that the used to be
Chorus:
C
This is the story of a man
E
Who took for granted everything he had
Am
And how he let it all just slip away
F
Never to return again
C E
Ooh
Am F~
Ooh
Outro:
C
A single dress hangs on its own
Am
The scent of perfume all he has to hold
F
A wasted life waiting on a dream
G
Hoping for things the way they used to be
C
This is the story of a man
E
Who took for granted everything he had
Am
And how he let it all just slip away
F
Never to return again
End on: C*
