{"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":786635,"song":"Thats The Way Ive Always Heard It Should Be","artist":"Carly Simon","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11592243-thats-the-way-ive-always-heard-it-should-be-chords-by-carly-simon/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/786635?type=chord","rating":4.89909,"votes":191,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                          [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]\r\nMy father sits at night with no lights on[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHis cigarette glows in the dark[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nThe living room is still[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]      [ch]Am7[/ch]        [ch]Ab[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI walk by, no remark[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                    [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]\r\nI tiptoe past the master bedroom where[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy mother reads her magazines[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nI hear her call sweet dreams[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]Ab[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I forgot how to dream[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut you say it's time we moved in together[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]                      [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nAnd raised a family of our own, you and me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWell, that's the way I've always heard it should be[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou want to marry me[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe'll marry[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                  [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]\r\nMy friends from college, they're all married now[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey have their houses and their lawns[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nThey have their silent noons[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]    [ch]Ab[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTearful nights, angry dawns[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                              [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]\r\nTheir children hate them for the things they're not[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey hate themselves for what they are[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nAnd yet they drink, they laugh[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]                    [ch]Am7[/ch]    [ch]Ab[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nClose the wound, hide the scar[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBut you say it's time we moved in together[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]                      [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nAnd raised a family of our own, you and me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWell, that's the way I've always heard it should be[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou want to marry me[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe'll marry[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                          [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]\r\nYou say we that can keep our love alive[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBabe, all I know is what I see[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nThe couples cling and claw[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Ab[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd drown in love's debris[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                               [ch]Gmaj7[/ch]\r\nYou say we'll soar like two birds through the clouds[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut soon you'll cage me on your shelf[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nI'll never learn to be[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Cmaj7[/ch]           [ch]Am7[/ch]       [ch]Ab[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust me first, by myself[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWell, okay, it's time we moved in together[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm7[/ch]                      [ch]Cmaj7[/ch]\r\nAnd raised a family of our own, you and me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWell, that's the way I've always heard it should be[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou want to marry me[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe'll marry[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Bm","Gmaj7","G","Dm7","Cmaj7","Am7","Ab","Am","F","Em","A","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"Cmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,0,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,0,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"Gmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,2]}}}