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Kim Richey - The Way It Never Was
CAPO: 2nd Fret
INTRO:   F    C/E(4x)
FOh C/Eno, here we Fgo aC/Egain
You wanna Ftake me C/Eback to way Dm7back when
Well, FI gotta C/Etell you, FI gotta C/EsayF  
I got C/Eover Dm7yesterday
A Flong, long Amtime ago
I Fcut it loose, maybe you should too, you knowC  
CHORUS:
You reGmember the Fway it Cnever was
You've forGgotten the Fthings we Gdidn't sayAm  
If you Gmiss me the Freason Cis becauseDm  
You reEmmember the FwayDm  
You reEmmember the Fway it never wasF  C/E  F  C/E  
Ah FhaC/E  F  C/E  
FOh yC/Eeah, you were Falways C/Eright F  
We never C/Eargued we Dm7didn't fight
It was Fhearts and C/Eflowers Ftrue roC/EmanceF  
Why not C/Egive it Dm7one more chance
Well, FI've alAmready been
FWhy would I wanna go through that againC  
CHORUS:
You reGmember the Fway it Cnever was
You've forGgotten the Fthings we Gdidn't sayAm  
If you Gmiss me the Freason Cis becauseDm  
You reEmmember the FwayDm  
You reEmmember the Fway it never wasF  C/E  F  C/E  F  C/E  
La Dm7la la la Fla la Cla la F  C/E  F  C/E  Dm7  
It was a Flong, long Amtime ago
I Fcut it loose, maybe you should too, you knowC  
CHORUS:
You reGmember the Fway it Cnever was
You've forGgotten the Fthings we Gdidn't sayAm  
If you Gmiss me the Freason Cis becauseDm  
You reEmmember the FwayC  
CHORUS:
You reGmember the Fway it Cnever was
You've forGgotten the Fthings we Gdidn't sayAm  
If you Gmiss me the Freason Cis becauseDm  
You reEmmember the FwayDm  
You reEmmember the Fway it never was
OUTRO:   F    C/E    F    C/E    F  C/E  
       La Dm7la la Fla la Cla la la F  C/E  F  C/E  Dm7  

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The Way It Never Was

by Kim Richey

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

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C/E

Dm7

Kim Richey - The Way It Never Was

CAPO: 2nd Fret

F C/E

INTRO: (4x)

F C/E F C/E

Oh no, here we go again

F C/E Dm7

You wanna take me back to way back when

F C/E F C/E F

Well, I gotta tell you, I gotta say

C/E Dm7

I got over yesterday

F Am

A long, long time ago

F C

I cut it loose, maybe you should too, you know

CHORUS:

G F C

You remember the way it never was

G F G Am

You've forgotten the things we didn't say

G F C Dm

If you miss me the reason is because

Em F Dm

You remember the way

Em F F C/E F C/E

You remember the way it never was

F C/E F C/E

Ah ha

F C/E F C/E F

Oh yeah, you were always right

C/E Dm7

We never argued we didn't fight

F C/E F C/E F

It was hearts and flowers true romance

C/E Dm7

Why not give it one more chance

F Am

Well, I've already been

F C

Why would I wanna go through that again

CHORUS:

G F C

You remember the way it never was

G F G Am

You've forgotten the things we didn't say

G F C Dm

If you miss me the reason is because

Em F Dm

You remember the way

Em F F C/E F C/E F C/E

You remember the way it never was

Dm7 F C F C/E F C/E Dm7

La la la la la la la la

F Am

It was a long, long time ago

F C

I cut it loose, maybe you should too, you know

CHORUS:

G F C

You remember the way it never was

G F G Am

You've forgotten the things we didn't say

G F C Dm

If you miss me the reason is because

Em F C

You remember the way

CHORUS:

G F C

You remember the way it never was

G F G Am

You've forgotten the things we didn't say

G F C Dm

If you miss me the reason is because

Em F Dm

You remember the way

Em F

You remember the way it never was

F C/E F C/E F C/E

OUTRO:

Dm7 F C F C/E F C/E Dm7

La la la la la la la la

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