The Way It Was Chords
The Way It Was by Backstreet Boys is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Dm, F and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro C
verse 1
C
You kiss a little different now
Dm
You changed your hair, I like it now
F G C
And baby, your body still feels the same
And soon I'll be lying on the floor, picking up the pieces
Dm
Drinking it away, pretending I don't need ya
F G C
But right now, I'ma hold you like nothing has changed
C Dm
I'm going crazy over you (Hey, hey, hey, hey, over you)
Dm
Over you again, yeah (Over you)
F G
It's never gonna be the way it was, oh (Ha, ha, ha, ha)
C
It's never gonna be the way it was
C Dm
And it's so crazy, what you do (Hey, hey, hey, hey, what you do)
Dm
What you do to me, oh yeah (What you do)
F G
This isn't how I remember us (Ha, ha, ha, ha)
C
It's never gonna be the way it was, oh
verse 2
C
It's a shot to my veins, lying in your bed
Dm
Never thought I'd be back with you again
F G C
So, do your worst, 'cause you know that I'll always forgive you
C
Guess I will, guess I will
C Dm
I'm going crazy over you (Hey, hey, hey, hey, over you)
Dm
Over you again, yeah (Over you)
F G
It's never gonna be the way it was, oh (Ha, ha, ha)
C
It's never gonna be the way it was
C Dm
And it's so crazy, what you do (Hey, hey, hey, hey, what you do)
Dm
What you do to me, oh yeah (What you do)
F G
This isn't how I remember us (Ha, ha)
C
No, it's never gonna be the way it was, oh (Ha, ha)
Bridge
F C
You know, I still want you, baby
F
We both know (We both know)
F
We both know (We both know)
G
We will never be the same
C Dm
I'm going crazy over you
Dm
Over you again, oh yeah
F G
It's never gonna be the way it was
C
It's never gonna be the way it was
C Dm
I'm going crazy over you, babe (Hey, hey, hey, hey, over you)
Dm
Over you again, baby (Over you)
F G
This isn't how I remember us, no, baby (Ha, ha, ha, ha)
C
It's never gonna be the way it was
C Dm
I'm going crazy, what you do (Hey, hey, hey, hey, what you do)
Dm
What you do to me, baby (What you do)
F G
This isn't how I remember us (Ha, ha)
C
No, it's never gonna be the way it was (Ha, ha)