{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1722166,"song":"The Easy Way","artist":"Dar Williams","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11365622-the-easy-way-chords-by-dar-williams/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1722166?type=chord","rating":0.16855,"votes":0,"content":"\r\n\r\nDar Williams - The Easy Way\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nINTRO: [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI knew a guy, I thought he was my first love[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut he had to decide between me and the one before[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd she stacked it all up, like a house of cards[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSaid, if he didn't come back, he'd find her flattened on the floor[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd though I went and lived in my own Hell[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nThought that I could die as well[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]                                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nI let him go where he thought he had to go[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\n'Cause I never took [/tab]\r\n\r\nHeavy words for granted\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I never took[/tab]\r\n\r\nThe undeserved advantage\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNo, I never took the easy way[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo why don't you take it a little easy on me now[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOut on the road, I had so many questions[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThat I thought I could explode just for some attention[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLike an acolyte, I saw the flames of towering tapers[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAlmost proselytised by those gleaming piles of papers[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nYeah, I watched the power huddles[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd their coats draped over puddles[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]                              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd their, “Trust me, baby, I'm the one you need.”[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut I never took [/tab]\r\n\r\nHeavy words for granted\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I never took[/tab]\r\n\r\nThe undeserved advantage\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNo, I never took the easy way[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo why don't you take it a little easy on me now[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nBRIDGE:\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe don't want to be the ones who lie and cheat and slander[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo we hold each other up to the higher standard[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut I'll tell you what, I never try to make it hard[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n'Cause when you're hard just to be hard[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThe only thing that's hard is you[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo here's what I took, I kept the wine and laughter[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nUntil every path just grew up and ever after[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Dm[/ch]                               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThrough the peaks and twisty canyons, I made many great companions[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]                                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBest of all, is the one who loves me like you do[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut I never took [/tab]\r\n\r\nHeavy words for granted\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I never took[/tab]\r\n\r\nThe undeserved advantage\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNo, I never took the easy way[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo why don't you take it a little easy on me now[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]F[/ch]\r\n'Cause I never took [/tab]\r\n\r\nHeavy words for granted\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]        \r\nAnd it's much too late[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nTo even want the shortcut[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYeah, I never took the easy way[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Dm[/ch]                          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo why don't you take it a little easy on me now[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]Dm[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBecause we know that easy's never easy anyhow[/tab]","plain_text":"Dar Williams - The Easy Way\n\n\n\nINTRO: C  F  C  F\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\nHeavy words for granted\n\n\nThe undeserved advantage\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\nHeavy words for granted\n\n\nThe undeserved advantage\n\n\n\n\nBRIDGE:\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\nHeavy words for granted\n\n\nThe undeserved advantage\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\nHeavy words for granted","chords":["C","F","Dm","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}