Gillian Welch – The Way It Will Be (Guitar Live)

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flatwound has a great version of the recorded version This one has the structure of the live performance at Jill's Veranda with Dave Rawlings. Extra Chorus and break after verse 2. [Intro] Em Am Em [Verse 1]
Em                      Am                     Em
I lost you a while ago, but still I don't know why

Em                     Am                    Em   C
I can't say your name, without a crow flying by

C               Bm                              E
Got to watch my back, now that you've turned me around

Am                                     Em
Got me walking backwards, into my home-town
[Chorus]
G          C            G       C
Throw me a rope, on the rolling tide

Am           C/B        C   Am            C/B    C
What did you want me to be, you said it's him or me

Am          C/B      C                      G    D C
The way you made it, that's the way it will be
[Verse 2]
       Em                             Am                     Em
It was seven years on the Burma shore, with gatling guns and pain

Em                               Am                  Em    C
Working the lowlands door-to-door, like a latter day saint

C                Bm                     E
Then you turn me out, at the top of the stairs

Am                                             Em
You took all the glory, that you just couldn't share
[Chorus]
G          C            G       C
Throw me a rope, on the rolling tide

Am           C/B        C   Am            C/B    C
What did you want me to be, you said it's him or me

Am          C/B      C                      G    D C
The way you made it, that's the way it will be
[Break] Em Am Em [Verse 2]
Em                           Am                  Em
I've never been so disabused, I've never been so mad

Em                              Am              Em   C
I've never been served anything, that tasted so bad

C                Bm                       E
You might need a friend, any day now, any day

Am                                          Em
Oh my brother be careful, you are drifting away
[Chorus]
G          C            G       C
Throw me a rope, on the rolling tide

Am           C/B        C   Am            C/B    C
What did you want me to be, you said it's him or me

Am          C/B      C                      G    D C
The way you made it, that's the way it will be

Am          C/B      C                      Em    Am  Em
The way you made it, that's the way it will be