G5
I've got an old friend
A5
Getting married this weekend
C5           D5                 G5           A5
It does not seem like I'll be there.
G5
But I've been tracing
A5
Tryin' to remember
C5           D5                 G5      A5
Some of the things we used to care about
C5             D5      G5        
When ya gonna save a corner 
E5
of a place I haven't seen?
C5             D5      G5
When ya gonna have me over?
E5
Like the way things used to be
C5         D5                       G5      
           The way things used to be
E5                    C5             D5          G5          A5
The way things used to be

G5
I don't want it all back,
A5
I don't mind where I'm at
C5         D5               G5      A5
I've been trying to stand tall.
G5
But I've been placing
A5
So much of my mind's eyes
C5           D5                 G5        
Just trying to see over these walls.
A5
I put in front of me
C5              D5      G5
When ya gonna answer a phone call?
E5
I'll say I'm on your street
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I think we used to laugh Into the morning
E5
The way things used to be
C5       D5                       G5
         The way things used to be
E5                          C5          D5            G5 
The way things used to be
E5                         D5       G5
Most of the time when it fades away
E5                     D5      G5          E5 ->  D5 -> G5 -> A5
I don't really mind reshaping clay
C5       D5              G5
I wasn't always such a sucker
E5
It's the sentimental me
C5        D5             G5
Maybe I'm blowing my cover
E5
But what I wanna see
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      Is the way things used to be
E5
between you and me.
C5       D5                   G5   
     The way things used to be.