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The Way It Will Be

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    September 28, 2015 1:18 AM PDT

    The Way It Will Be - Gillian Welch / David Rawlings

    Track 3 HARROW & THE HARVEST

    VerseGm Cm x2 Gm Eb Dm G Cm Gm

    ChorusBb Eb x2Cm Dm Eb x2

        Cm Eb Bb (F) Eb

     

    Capo 3  Intro Em (sus4) Am

     

    Em I lost you awhile ago Am, but still I don't know why Em

    I can't say your name Am without a crow flying Em by C

    Gotta watch my Bm back

    Now that you turned me aEround Am

    Got me walking backwards into my homeEmtown

     

    Chorus

    G Throw me a C rope on the G rolling C tide Am

    What did you C/B want it to C be?Am

    You said it's C/B him or C me

    The Am way you made it C

    That's the way it will G be D C

     

    He was Em seven years on the burma shore Am

    With gatling guns and Em paint

    Working the lowlands door-to-door

    Am Like a Latter Day Em Saint C

    Then you turn me Bm out at the top of the E stairs Am

    You took all the glory that you just couldn't Em share

    Chorus

    Em I never been so disabused Am never been so Em mad

    I never been served anything Am that tasted so Em bad C

    You might need a Bm friend any day now, any E day

    Am Oh, mybrother, be careful you are drifting aEmway

    Chorus

    The Am way you C/B made it C

    That's the way it will be Em Am Em

     

    TRUE ENDING

    Cm The way you made it, Eb that's the way it will Bb be F Eb

    Cm The way you Eb/D made it, Eb that's the way it will be Gm Cm