{"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":2288241,"song":"The Way It Always Starts","artist":"Mark Knopfler","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11479788-the-way-it-always-starts-chords-by-mark-knopfler/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2288241?type=chord","rating":4.43241,"votes":9,"content":"[tab][ch]B[/ch]                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt gets so dark before the dawn[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nThat's when it gets to me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nBefore the city symphony of taxi horns[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]          [ch]F#m[/ch]           [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThat's the way it always starts[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]B[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]B[/ch]\r\nSitting here and waiting on the beating of my heart[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nLast night I thought I heard my name[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nWell it was too dark to see, but it had to be[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]F#m[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe voice was just the same[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nThat's the way it always starts[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]B[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSitting here and waiting on the beating of my heart[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nSo tell me why should it have to be this way[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhy can't it be all right[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhy can't I sleep at night?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhy should it have to be this way?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nWhy must there be this price to pay?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]        [ch]B[/ch]\r\n   Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[ch]B[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nNow all the streets are dark and bare[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh, if you can live in this town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                              [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd stick around, you can live anywhere[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nThat's the way it always starts[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                               [ch]B[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]B[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]B[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSitting here and waiting on the beating of my heaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaart[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]E[/ch]","plain_text":"[Bridge]\nB E A E B A E G#m E B E A E B A E B E\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nA E B A E B E A E B E F#m A E G#m B E","chords":["B","E","A","F#m","G#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}