The way it used to be
by: Engelbert Humperdick
Chords by: Juhndemar H. Sambu

Verse 1:
 Gm (355333@1)                 CmLonely (x3101x@1)table just for one
 D (xx0232@1)                     Gmin (355333@1)a bright and crowded room
                     Cmwhile (x3101x@1)the music has begun
Di (xx0232@1)drink to the memories
        Gmin (355333@1)the gloom

though the music still
     Cmthe (x3101x@1)same
Dit (xx0232@1)has a bitter sweet
  Grefrain (320003@1)
Chorus:
    Gso (320003@1)play the song
                   Dthe (xx0232@1)way it used to be
 D7before (xx0212@1)she left and 
                   G (320003@1)G7changed (320001@1)it all to sadness
     Cand (x32010@1)maybe if she's
                Gpassing (320003@1)by the window

she would hear our
 D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)G7love (320001@1)song, and melody
     Cand (x32010@1)even if the words 
             Gare (320003@1)not so tender
               Di (xx0232@1)will always remember
                   G--Gm
the way it used to be

Verse 2:

friends stop by and said
 Cm (x3101x@1)D (xx0232@1)
hello, then i laughed 
              Gmand (355333@1)hide the pain
                          Cmit's (x3101x@1)quite easy till they go
D (xx0232@1)                   Gthen (320003@1)the song begins again