Artist: Carly Simon
Song: That's the way I've always heard it should be
Tabbed by: DJ
3rd June 2013

Tuning: Standard

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Bm/D                              Gmaj7
      My father sits at night with no lights on,
Bm/D                             Gmaj7  Dm9
      His cigarette glows in the dark,       the living room is still,
Cadd9                    Am/G      Ab     G
      I walk by, no re - mark---------! | /  /  /  / |


Bm/D                            Gmaj7
      I tiptoe past the master bedroom, where...
Bm/D                             Gmaj7  Dm9
   ...my mother reads her maga - zines,     I hear her call,"Sweet dreams!"
Cadd9                      Am/G      Ab    G
      But I forget how to dream--------! | /  /  /  / |


Fmaj7                            Em7
       But you say it's time we moved in together,
Fmaj7                            Cmaj7
       And raised a family of our own, you and me,
Fmaj7                                    Em7
       Well, that's the way I've always heard it should be,
              A                   D5
You want to marry me,  ...we'll marry-----!


Bm/D                                     Gmaj7
     My friends from college, they're all...  married now,
Bm/D                                  Gmaj7       Dm9
     They have their houses, and their...  lawns,    they have their silent noons,
Cadd9                        Am/G    Ab    G
      Tearful nights, angry dawns------! | /  /  /  / |


Bm/D                             Gmaj7
     Their children hate them for----- the things they're not,
Bm/D                                   Gmaj7  Dm9
     They hate themselves for what they are,      and yet they drink, they laugh,
Cadd9                           Am/G    Ab    G
      Close the wound, hide the scar------! | /  /  /  / |


Fmaj7                            Em7
       But you say it's time we moved in together,
Fmaj7                            Cmaj7
       And raised a family of our own, you and me,
Fmaj7                                    Em7
       Well, that's the way I've always heard it should be,
              A                   D5
You want to marry me,  ...we'll marry-----!


Bm/D                               Gmaj7
       You say that we can keep our love alive,
Bm/D                             Gmaj7  Dm9
       Babe, all I know is what I see,       the couples cling and claw,
Cadd9                          Am/G    Ab     G
       And drown in love's de - bris------! | /  /  /  / |


Bm/D                                       Gmaj7
       You say, we'll soar like two birds through the clouds,
Bm/D                                      Gmaj7
       But soon you'll cage me... on your shelf,
Dm9                            Cadd9              Am/G      Ab    G
    I'll never learn to be just me first, by my - self--------! | /  /  /  / |


Fmaj7                            Em7
       Well, okay, it's time we moved in together,
Fmaj7                             Cmaj7
       And raised a family of our own, you and me,
Fmaj7                                    Em7
       Well, that's the way I've always heard it should be,
              A                 D5
You want to marry me, ...we'll marry-----------------!
                                    (Marry-----------!)


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Bm/D  =  xx0432   Am/G =  302210   Fmaj7 = 133210   A  = x02220
Gmaj7 =  3x0032   Ab   =  466544   Em7   = 022030   D5 = xx0235
Dm9   =  xx0210   G    =  355433   Cmaj7 = x32000
Cadd9 =  x32030