Hợp âm The Way It Used To Be

Lời & hợp âm

[Intro 1]
[G][B][Em]
[C]

[Verse 1]
This [C]is the story of a [G]man
Who took for granted
[B]everything he had
[Bsus4]And how he let it al[B]l
just [Em]slip away
Never to re[C]turn again

[Verse 2]
Now [C]twenty years have
come [G]and gone
And still he wonders what
he [Em]did so wrong
And how that he can win [C]back her heart
And finally step outside [D]of the dark

[Verse 3]
He [D]buys fresh roses [G]everyday
Her favourite flower [D]so she [Em]used to say
And now the memories all that [C]he has left
And I'm afraid he'll drink
him[D]self to death

[Verse 4]
This is the story of a [G]man
Who took for granted [B]everything he had
And how he let it all just [Em]slip away
Never to re[C]turn again

[Interlude 1]
[C][G][B][Em][C]

[Verse 5]
It's clear she's moved on long [G]ago
But he still clings on to a
[Em]distant hope
That she'll come back and
make a [C]happy home
For now it's him and the
bottle [D]all alone

[Verse 6]
Sometimes you'll see him in the [G]yard
A wounded man [D]with a [Em]desperate heart
He keeps the hedges trimmed [C]nice and neat
To keep them the way
that they [D]used to be

[Verse 7]
This is the story of a [G]man
Who took for granted [B]everything he had
And how he let it all [Em]just slip away
Never to re[C]turn again

[Interlude 2]
[C][G][B]
[Bsus4][B][Em][C]

[Verse 8]
[C]A single dress hangs on [G]it's own
The scent of perfume all he [Em]has to hold
A wasted life waiting [C]on a dream
Hoping for things the way they [D]used to be

[Verse 9]
This [D]is the story of a [G]man (this is
the story of a man)
Who took for granted everything
[B]he had (everything he had)
And how he let it all [Em]just slip away
(he let it slip away)
Never to re[C]turn again (to return again)