That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be
Carly simon & Jacob Brackman
From the 1971 Album carly simon

Transposed By Clive Sax

This is arranged for my voice. To play in the same key as Carly simon Transpose down 6 half steps
so the Em becomes Bm

Em (022000@1)                          CMy (x32010@1)father sits at night with no lights on
Em (022000@1)                          CHis (x32010@1)cigarette glows in the dark 
Gm7
The living room is still
Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)          Dm7 C#maj7 (x43111@1)C (x32010@1)   
I walk by, no remark   
Em (022000@1)                       CI (x32010@1)tiptoe past the master bedroom where
Em (022000@1)                       CMy (x32010@1)mother reads her magazines
Gm7                         
I hear her call sweet dreams
Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)               Dm7  C#maj7 (x43111@1)C (x32010@1)   
But I forgot how to dream

Bb (x1333x@1)                        AmBut (x02210@1)you say it's time we moved in together
Gm7                         Fmaj7And (1x3210@1)raised a family of our own, you and me
Bb (x1333x@1)                               AmWell, (x02210@1)that's the way I've always heard it should be
              D (xx0232@1)             Gmaj7You (xx5432@1)want to marry me, we'll marry

Em (022000@1)                          CMy (x32010@1)friends from college they're all married now
Em (022000@1)                          CThey (x32010@1)have their houses and their lawns
Gm7
They have their silent noons
Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)                 Dm7 C#maj7 (x43111@1)C (x32010@1)                    
Tearful nights, angry dawns
Em (022000@1)                                 CTheir (x32010@1)children hate them for the things they're not
Em (022000@1)                                CThey (x32010@1)hate themselves for what they are
Gm7                         
And yet they drink, they laugh
Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)                     Dm7  C#maj7 (x43111@1)C (x32010@1)           
Close the wound, hide the scars

Bb (x1333x@1)                        AmBut (x02210@1)you say it's time we moved in together
Gm7                         Fmaj7And (1x3210@1)raised a family of our own, you and me
Bb (x1333x@1)                               AmWell, (x02210@1)that's the way I've always heard it should be
                D (xx0232@1)           Gmaj7You (xx5432@1)want to marry me, we'll marry

Em (022000@1)                          CYou (x32010@1)say that we can keep our love alive
Em (022000@1)                          CBabe, (x32010@1)all I know is what I see
Gm7
The couples cling and claw
Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)                Dm7 C#maj7 (x43111@1)C (x32010@1)  
And drown in love's debris
Em (022000@1)                       CYou (x32010@1)say we'll soar like two birds through the clouds
Em (022000@1)                       CBut (x32010@1)soon you'll cage me on your shelf
Gm7                        Fmaj7I'll (1x3210@1)never learn to be just me first
    Dm7  C#maj7 (x43111@1)C (x32010@1)        
By myself

Bb (x1333x@1)                           AmWell (x02210@1)O.K., it's time we moved in together
Gm7                         Fmaj7And (1x3210@1)raised a family of our own, you and me
Bb (x1333x@1)                               AmWell, (x02210@1)that's the way I've always heard it should be
               D (xx0232@1)           Gmaj7You (xx5432@1)want to marry me, we'll marry