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The Way I Should - Written by Iris DeMent
>From The Album "The Way I Should" - Iris DeMent
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Capo 4th Fret


[Intro]

C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) G (320003@1)G (320003@1)                             D (xx0232@1)                             GA (320003@1)cold wind against my shoulder woke me up in the middle of the night
   EmAn (022000@1)autumn leaf was scraping against my window
                                 GLike (320003@1)it was tryin' hard to get inside
           C (x32010@1)                            DAnd (xx0232@1)then a ghost that I had met before he kept me up till dawn
    G (320003@1)                                CAnd (x32010@1)everything I thought was right was suddenly all wrong
              DHe (xx0232@1)said "your score is looking pretty bad"
                                           GThen (320003@1)he asked me what it was that I had to show


GSo (320003@1)I went runnin' down a list of things
D (xx0232@1)                                   GSome (320003@1)were real, but on some of them I lied
         Em'Cause (022000@1)I felt I had to justify each breath that
                          GI'd (320003@1)been breathin' in this life
       C (x32010@1)                         DThen (xx0232@1)I realized I was playing into someone else's rules
G (320003@1)                             CTryin' (x32010@1)to keep my score up in a game I did not choose
       DThen (xx0232@1)I looked that ghost straight in the eye and said
                                    G"You'd (320003@1)better not be coming back by again"


G (320003@1)                        CAnd (x32010@1)it's true that I don't work near as hard
       DAs (xx0232@1)you tell me that I'm supposed to
G (320003@1)                       C (x32010@1)I don't run as fast as I could
                          DBut (xx0232@1)I live just the way I want to
                     GAnd (320003@1)that's the way I should


[Instrumental]

C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) G (320003@1)
GOctober's (320003@1)leaves were dancin' 'round
     D (xx0232@1)                                GLike (320003@1)angels dressed in robes of red and gold
    EmBut (022000@1)November's come and gone now
                                              GAnd (320003@1)they're lyin' in the gutter out along the road
              C (x32010@1)                                DThey're (xx0232@1)gonna make their way out to the ditch or someday to the sea
            G (320003@1)                                    CBut (x32010@1)they'll get to where they're goin' without the help of you or me
            DAnd (xx0232@1)if each life is just a grain of sand
                                           GI'm (320003@1)tellin' you man, this grain of sand is mine


G (320003@1)                        CAnd (x32010@1)it's true that I don't work near as hard
       DAs (xx0232@1)you tell me that I'm supposed to
G (320003@1)                       C (x32010@1)I don't run as fast as I could
                          DBut (xx0232@1)I live just the way I want to
                     GAnd (320003@1)that's the way I should
    C (x32010@1)                   DBut (xx0232@1)I live just the way I want to
                     GAnd (320003@1)that's the way I should


[Outro. Repeat To Fade]

C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) G (320003@1)
Chords:
C  = X32010
D  = XX0232
Em = 022000
G  = 320033

Transcribed by Jim Sparrow - 5th Feb 1998
Email: KidLoops@aol.com