• Song:

    This Is How It Goes

  • Artist:

    Missy Higgins

  • Album:

    The Sound Of White - Au...

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Transcribed by Damian Smith (pondlife87@hotmail.com ) 
 
Notes: this song is on piano with a few faint lead guitar riffs in C minor. I've roughly tabbed the main piano part, the rest I've just done as chords. For simplicity, I've used a capo, with all chords are relative to the capo. 
 
INTRO: 
Piano (on guitar, capo 3) 
         Am              G               F                            x2 
e | ----- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |  
B | ----- | --------1---------------3---------------1~------------------ |  
G | ----- | --------2---------------0---------------2~----2--2-2-------- |  
D | ----- | ------2---2-----------0---0-----------3--------------------- |  
A | ----- | -0--0--------0---------------------------------------------- |  
E | ----- | -----------------3--3--------3---1--1-----------------0h1h3- |  
 
Lead guitar (w/ effects, no capo) 
e | ----- | -8~~-------------------------------------------------------- |  
B | -8~~- | -----------------------------8~~---------------------------- |  
G | ----- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |  
D | ----- | ---------------------------------10~~----------------------- |  
A | ----- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |  
E | ----- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |  
 
capo 3 
 
VERSE 1: 
Am           G                  F 
  Suddenly I can't stay in this room. 
             Am                       G               F 
You'll never sway, and I have nothing left that I can think of to say. 
Am                    G              F 
  What do you want me to think of my thought? 
           Am                  G                      F 
Bear it in mind, if I cannot believe in me who will I then be? 
 
PRE-CHORUS: 
 Dm                             E           F             G 
    And so I'll run but not too far, incase you chase me, oh... 
 
CHORUS: 
Am     C              G     Am 
   But this is how it goes, baby. 
Am          C             G                 Am 
   I'll get angry at your words and I'll go home 
Am     C              G       Am Am            C               G 
   And you won't call after me    'cos I'll be back before you know, you know... 
 
INTERLUDE x2 
Lead guitar (w/ effects, no capo) 
e | ---------8-----10--11----10--8--- |  
B | ------8-------------------------- |  
G | --------------------------------- |  
D | -10------------------------------ |  
A | --------------------------------- |  
E | --------------------------------- |  
 
VERSE 2: 
Am             G                  F 
  So give me a tooth full of that smile, 
                Am 
and know-it-all eyes you show me  
        G                            F 
just to prove that you don't need to lose it. 
Am                   G             F 
You tell me I'm your fortress of desire 
            Am                     G 
but is it a crime for me to say my own view 
                     F 
and want then not to fear you? 
 
PRE-CHORUS: 
 Dm                             E           F             G 
    And so I'll run but not too far, incase you chase me, oh... 
 
CHORUS: 

{over chorus, lead guitar plays this note: D | -10- |  with a certain rhythm , listen to track) 
Am     C              G     Am 
   But this is how it goes, baby. 
Am          C             G                 Am 
   I'll get angry at your words and I'll go home 
Am     C              G       Am Am            C               G                Am 
   And you won't call after me    'cos I'll be back before you know, you know... 
Am              C               G (hold) 
   yeah I'll be back before you know... 
 
PIANO SOLO 
( Am G F G   Am G F G  Am G F ) 
La di da di da...........  
 
+ Lead guitar (w/ effects, no capo) 
e | -----------10--10-10-11-10-8--(8)-(8)----------------------- |  
B | --9b--8----------------------------------------------------- |  
G | ------------------------------------------------------------ |  
D | ------------------------------------------------------------ |  
A | ------------------------------------------------------------ |  
E | ------------------------------------------------------------ |  
 
PRE-CHORUS 
            Dm              E     (single strums) 
And so I'll run but not too far... 
 

( Am G F G x1 ) 
 

CHORUS 
Am     C              G     Am 
   But this is how it goes, baby. 
Am          C             G                 Am 
   I'll get angry at your words and I'll go home 
Am     C              G       Am Am            C               G                Am 
   And you won't call after me    'cos I'll be back before you know, you know... 
Am              C               G (hold) 
   yeah I'll be back before you know... 
Dm                             E 
   and so I'll run but not too far...
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