The Way It Used To Be Chords
The Way It Used To Be by City And Colour is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, E, Am, F, G and C/B. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro/Chorus:
C
This is the story of a man
E E
Who took for granted everything he had
Am
And how he let it all just slip away
F
Never to return again
Verse 1:
C
Now twenty years have come and gone
Am
And still he wonders what he did so wrong
F
And how that he can win back her heart
G
And finally step outside of the dark
C
He buys fresh roses every day
C/B Am
Her favorite flower so she used to say
F
And now the memories all that he has left
G
And I'm afraid he'll drink himself to death
C
This is the story of a man
E
Who took for granted everything he had
Am
And how he let it all just slip away
F
Never to return again
C E
Ooh
Am F
Ooh
Verse 2:
C
It's clear she's moved on long ago
Am
But he still clings on to a distant hope
F
That she?ll come and make a happy home
G
For now it's him and the bottle all alone
C
Sometimes you'll see him in the yard
C/B Am
A wounded man with a desperate heart
F
He keeps the hedges trimmed nice and neat
G
To keep them the way that the used to be
C
This is the story of a man
E
Who took for granted everything he had
Am
And how he let it all just slip away
F
Never to return again
C E
Ooh
Am F
Ooh
Outro:
C
A single dress hangs on its own
Am
The scent of perfume all he has to hold
F
A wasted life waiting on a dream
G
Hoping for things the way they used to be
C
This is the story of a man
E
Who took for granted everything he had
Am
And how he let it all just slip away
F
Never to return again
End on: C