Gillian Welch – The Way It Goes (Guitar)

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The Harrow and the Harvest - 2011 [Verse 1]
Em
Becky Johnson bought the farm

Em
Put a needle in her arm

           B7
That's the way that it goes 

           Em
That's the way

Em
And her brother laid her down

Em
In the cold Kentucky ground

           B7
That's the way that it goes

           Em
That's the way
[Chorus]
           G           Em
That's the way that it goes

     C                         G         D
Everybody's buying little baby clothes

           G           Em
That's the way that it ends

             C              B7               Em
Though there was a time when she and I were friends
[Verse 2]
Em
Well, Miranda ran away

Em
Took her cat and left LA

           B7
That's the way that it goes 

           Em
That's the way

Em
She was busted, broke and flat

Em
Had to sell that pussy cat

           B7
That's the way that it goes 

           Em
That's the way
[Chorus]
           G           Em
That's the way that it goes

     C                         G         D
Everybody's buying little baby clothes

           G           Em
That's the way that it ends

             C              B7               Em
Though there was a time when he and I were friends
[Verse 3]
Em
See the brightest ones of all

Em
Early in October fall

           B7
That's the way that it goes 

           Em
That's the way

Em
While the dark ones go to bed

Em
With good whiskey in their head

           B7
That's the way that it goes 

           Em
That's the way

Em
Now Billy Joe's back in the tank

Em
You tell Musso, I'll tell Frank

           B7
That's the way that it goes 

           Em
That's the way

Em
Did he throw her down a well?

Em
Did she leave him for that swell?

           B7
That's the way that it goes 

           Em
That's the way
[Chorus]
           G           Em
That's the way that it goes

     C                         G         D
Everybody's buying little baby clothes

           G           Em
That's the way that it ends

             C              B7               Em
Though there was a time when all of us were friends
[Verse]
Em
When you lay me down to rest

Em
Leave a pistol in my vest

           B7
That's the way that it goes 

           Em
That's the way

Em
Do you miss my gentle touch?

Em
Did I hurt you very much?

           B7
That's the way that it goes 

           Em
That's the way
[Chorus]
           G           Em
That's the way that it goes

     C                         G         D
Everybody's buying little baby clothes

           G           Em
That's the way that it ends

             C              B7               Em
Though there was a time when you and I were friends