Carly Simon – Thats The Way Ive Always Heard It Should Be (Guitar)

Key
-
Versions (2)

Auto-scroll

Chords

[Verse 1]
Bm                          Gmaj7
My father sits at night with no lights on

Bm                         G
His cigarette glows in the dark

Dm7
The living room is still

Cmaj7      Am7        Ab   G
I walk by, no remark

Bm                    Gmaj7
I tiptoe past the master bedroom where

Bm                      G
My mother reads her magazines

Dm7
I hear her call sweet dreams

Cmaj7           Am         Ab   G
But I forgot how to dream
[Chorus]
F                       Em
But you say it's time we moved in together

Dm7                      Cmaj7
And raised a family of our own, you and me

F                               Em
Well, that's the way I've always heard it should be

            A
You want to marry me

      D
We'll marry
[Verse 2]
Bm                                  Gmaj7
My friends from college, they're all married now

Bm                               G
They have their houses and their lawns

Dm7
They have their silent noons

Cmaj7                 Am    Ab   G
Tearful nights, angry dawns

Bm                              Gmaj7
Their children hate them for the things they're not

Bm                                G
They hate themselves for what they are

Dm7
And yet they drink, they laugh

Cmaj7                    Am7    Ab   G
Close the wound, hide the scar
[Chorus]
F                       Em
But you say it's time we moved in together

Dm7                      Cmaj7
And raised a family of our own, you and me

F                               Em
Well, that's the way I've always heard it should be

            A
You want to marry me

      D
We'll marry
[Verse 3]
Bm                          Gmaj7
You say we that can keep our love alive

Bm                        G
Babe, all I know is what I see

Dm7
The couples cling and claw

Cmaj7               Am      Ab   G
And drown in love's debris

Bm                               Gmaj7
You say we'll soar like two birds through the clouds

Bm                             G
But soon you'll cage me on your shelf

Dm7
I'll never learn to be

Cmaj7           Am7       Ab   G
Just me first, by myself
[Chorus]
F                       Em
Well, okay, it's time we moved in together

Dm7                      Cmaj7
And raised a family of our own, you and me

F                               Em
Well, that's the way I've always heard it should be

           A
You want to marry me

      D
We'll marry