That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be - from Carly's debut album 1971

Bm (x24432@1)                          GMy (320003@1)father sits at night with no lights on
Bm (x24432@1)                          GHis (320003@1)cigarette glows in the dark 
Dm7
The living room is still
Cmaj7 (x32000@1)          Am7 (x02010@1)     GI (320003@1)walk by, no remark   
Bm (x24432@1)                       GI (320003@1)tiptoe past the master bedroom where
Bm (x24432@1)                       GMy (320003@1)mother reads her magazines
Bm (x24432@1)                       GI (320003@1)hear her call sweet dreams
Cmaj7 (x32000@1)          Am7 (x02010@1)     GBut (320003@1)I forgot how to dream

F (133211@1)                        EmBut (022000@1)you say it's time we moved in together
Dm7                         Cmaj7And (x32000@1)raised a family of our own, you and me
F (133211@1)                               EmWell, (022000@1)that's the way I've always heard it should be
DYou (xx0232@1)want to marry me, we'll marry

Bm (x24432@1)                          GMy (320003@1)friends from college they're all married now
Bm (x24432@1)                          GThey (320003@1)have their houses and their lawns
Dm7
They have their silent noons
Bm (x24432@1)                       GTearful (320003@1)nights, angry dawns
Bm (x24432@1)                       GTheir (320003@1)children hate them for the things they're not
Bm (x24432@1)                       GThey (320003@1)hate themselves for what they are
Bm (x24432@1)                       GAnd (320003@1)yet they drink, they laugh
Cmaj7 (x32000@1)          Am7 (x02010@1)           GClose (320003@1)the wound, hide the scars

F (133211@1)                        EmBut (022000@1)you say it's time we moved in together
Dm7                         Cmaj7And (x32000@1)raised a family of our own, you and me
F (133211@1)                               EmWell, (022000@1)that's the way I've always heard it should be
DYou (xx0232@1)want to marry me, we'll marry

Bm (x24432@1)                          GYou (320003@1)say we can keep our love alive
Bm (x24432@1)                          GBabe, (320003@1)all I know is what I see
Dm7
The couples cling and claw
Cmaj7 (x32000@1)          Am7 (x02010@1)     GAnd (320003@1)drown in love's debris
Bm (x24432@1)                       GYou (320003@1)say we'll soar like two birds through the clouds
Bm (x24432@1)                       GBut (320003@1)soon you'll cage me on your shelf
Bm (x24432@1)                       GI'll (320003@1)never learn to be just me first
Cmaj7 (x32000@1)          Am7 (x02010@1)           GBy (320003@1)myself

F (133211@1)                           EmWell (022000@1)O.K., it's time we moved in together
Dm7                         Cmaj7And (x32000@1)raised a family of our own, you and me
F (133211@1)                               EmWell, (022000@1)that's the way I've always heard it should be
DYou (xx0232@1)want to marry me, we'll marry
DWe'll (xx0232@1)marry