• Song:

    Thats The Way Ive Always Heard It Should Be

  • Artist:

    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

E5                            C5
My father sits at night with no lights on
E5                            C5
His cigarette glows in the dark 
G5
The living room is still
F5            D5 C#5  C5     
I walk by, no remark   
E5                         C5
I tiptoe past the master bedroom where
E5                         C5
My mother reads her magazines
G5                         
I hear her call sweet dreams
F5                 D5  C#5  C5     
But I forgot how to dream

Bb5                          A5
But you say it's time we moved in together
G5                         F5
And raised a family of our own, you and me
Bb5                                 A5
Well, that's the way I've always heard it should be
              D5               G5
You want to marry me, we'll marry

E5                            C5
My friends from college they're all married now
E5                            C5
They have their houses and their lawns
G5
They have their silent noons
F5                   D5 C#5  C5                      
Tearful nights, angry dawns
E5                                   C5
Their children hate them for the things they're not
E5                                  C5
They hate themselves for what they are
G5                         
And yet they drink, they laugh
F5                       D5  C#5  C5             
Close the wound, hide the scars

Bb5                          A5
But you say it's time we moved in together
G5                         F5
And raised a family of our own, you and me
Bb5                                 A5
Well, that's the way I've always heard it should be
                D5             G5
You want to marry me, we'll marry

E5                            C5
You say that we can keep our love alive
E5                            C5
Babe, all I know is what I see
G5
The couples cling and claw
F5                  D5 C#5  C5    
And drown in love's debris
E5                         C5
You say we'll soar like two birds through the clouds
E5                         C5
But soon you'll cage me on your shelf
G5                        F5
I'll never learn to be just me first
    D5  C#5  C5          
By myself

Bb5                             A5
Well O.K., it's time we moved in together
G5                         F5
And raised a family of our own, you and me
Bb5                                 A5
Well, that's the way I've always heard it should be
               D5             G5
You want to marry me, we'll marry
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