{"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":66908,"song":"The Way I Should","artist":"Iris DeMent","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11543779-the-way-i-should-chords-by-iris-dement/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/66908?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":10,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#\r\n#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#\r\n\r\n\r\nCapo 4th Fret\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA cold wind against my shoulder woke me up in the middle of the night[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAn autumn leaf was scraping against my window[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLike it was tryin' hard to get inside[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd then a ghost that I had met before he kept me up till dawn[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd everything I thought was right was suddenly all wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe said \"your score is looking pretty bad\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThen he asked me what it was that I had to show[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo I went runnin' down a list of things[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSome were real, but on some of them I lied[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n'Cause I felt I had to justify each breath that[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'd been breathin' in this life[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen I realized I was playing into someone else's rules[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTryin' to keep my score up in a game I did not choose[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThen I looked that ghost straight in the eye and said[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"You'd better not be coming back by again\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd it's true that I don't work near as hard[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs you tell me that I'm supposed to[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\n I don't run as fast as I could[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut I live just the way I want to[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd that's the way I should[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nOctober's leaves were dancin' 'round[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLike angels dressed in robes of red and gold[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut November's come and gone now[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd they're lyin' in the gutter out along the road[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey're gonna make their way out to the ditch or someday to the sea[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut they'll get to where they're goin' without the help of you or me[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd if each life is just a grain of sand[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm tellin' you man, this grain of sand is mine[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd it's true that I don't work near as hard[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs you tell me that I'm supposed to[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\n I don't run as fast as I could[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut I live just the way I want to[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd that's the way I should[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut I live just the way I want to[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd that's the way I should[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro. Repeat To Fade]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\nChords:\r\n[ch]C[/ch]  = X32010\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  = XX0232\r\n[ch]Em[/ch] = 022000\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  = 320033\r","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------#\n#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#\n\n\nCapo 4th Fret\n\n\n[Intro]\n\nC   D   G   G   C   D   G   G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n\nC   D   G   C   C   D   G   G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro. Repeat To Fade]\n\nC   D   G   G\n\n\nChords:\nC  = X32010\nD  = XX0232\nEm = 022000\nG  = 320033","chords":["C","D","G","A","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}