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TITLE:  Doesn't Have To Be That Way 
ARTIST:  WILL HOGE
ALBUM:  BLACKBIRD ON A LONELY WIRE
There's a Bm7storm brewing out on the Aopen seaBm7  A  
Bm7Sweeping its way here to Ayou and meBm7  A  
But all the Bmlights are out and the streets are Adark
And there's a Bmsoul without a fire trying to Afind a spark
And this Bmheartbreak season it's Aleaving its mark on Eme
cHORUS 
But it doesn't have to be that BwayD  E  
It's not the way that it has to BbeD  E  
It's coming over the walls and I'm Bdrowning in it Dcan't you seEe
It's not the way that it has to bBeE  
Doesn't have to be that BwayA  
VERSE 2
Black night sitting heavy all around
I got a mind full of heartaches and hand me downs
I got a freight train screaming inside my head
That says you can't find love in a stranger's bed
And my mouth is full of all the words that I wish I had said
DIt's sAo much Gharder now
DThat the blues Askies have gone Gaway
DI wiAsh I Ghad just one more F#MdayEm  Dm  A  
Whiskey like water flowing down a drain
And I'm wasted as a candle in a hurricane
But you can't stop something that's this far gone
Goodbyes are easier than I was wrongs
And suicide ain't a matter of degree

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Doesnt Have To Be That Way

by Will Hoge

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Bm7

F#M

TITLE: Doesn't Have To Be That Way

ARTIST: WILL HOGE

ALBUM: BLACKBIRD ON A LONELY WIRE

Bm7 A Bm7 A

There's a storm brewing out on the open sea

Bm7 A Bm7 A

Sweeping its way here to you and me

Bm A

But all the lights are out and the streets are dark

Bm A

And there's a soul without a fire trying to find a spark

Bm A E

And this heartbreak season it's leaving its mark on me

cHORUS

B D E

But it doesn't have to be that way

B D E

It's not the way that it has to be

B D E

It's coming over the walls and I'm drowning in it can't you see

B E

It's not the way that it has to be

B A

Doesn't have to be that way

VERSE 2

Black night sitting heavy all around

I got a mind full of heartaches and hand me downs

I got a freight train screaming inside my head

That says you can't find love in a stranger's bed

And my mouth is full of all the words that I wish I had said

D A G

It's so much harder now

D A G

That the blues skies have gone away

D A G F#M Em Dm A

I wish I had just one more day

Whiskey like water flowing down a drain

And I'm wasted as a candle in a hurricane

But you can't stop something that's this far gone

Goodbyes are easier than I was wrongs

And suicide ain't a matter of degree

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