The Way I Should - Written by Iris DeMent
Capo 4th Fret
(Intro)
[C] [D] [G] [G] [C] [D] [G] [G]
[G]A cold wind against my shoulder [D]woke me up in the middle of the [G]night
An [Em]autumn leaf was scrping against my window
Like it was tryin' hard to get in[G]side
And then a [C]ghost that I had met before he [D]kept me up till dawn
And [G]everything I thought was right was [C]suddenly all wrong
He said "your [D]score is looking pretty bad"
Then he asked me what it was that I had to [G]show
[G]So I went runnin' down a list of things
[D]Some were real, but on some of them I [G]lied
'Cause I [Em]felt I had to justify each breath that
I'd been breathin' in this[G] life
Then I [C]realized I was playing into [D]someone else's rules
[G]Tryin' to keep my score up in a [C]game I did not choose
Then I [D]looked that ghost straight in the eye and said
"You'd better not be coming back by [G]again"
[G]And it's true that I don't [C]work near as hard
As you [D]tell me that I'm supposed to
[G] I don't run as fast as I [C]could
But I live just the way I [D]want to
And that's the way I [G]should
(Instrumental)
[C] [D] [G] [C] [C] [D] [G] [G]
[G]October's leaves were dancin' 'round
Like [D]angels dressed in robes of red and [G]gold
But [Em]November's come and gone now
And they're lyin' in the gutter out along the [G]road
They're gonna [C]make their way out to the ditch or [D]someday to the sea
But they'll [G]get to where they're goin' without the [C]help of you or me
And if each [D]life is just a grain of sand
I'm tellin' you man, this grain of sand is [G]mine
[G]And it's true that I don't [C]work near as hard
As you [D]tell me that I'm supposed to
[G] I don't run as fast as I [C]could
But I live just the way I [D]want to
And that's the way I [G]should
But [C]I live just the way I [D]want to
And that's the way I [G]should
(Outro. Repeat To Fade)
[C] [D] [G] [G]
Chords:
C X32010
D XX0232
Em 022000
G 320033
Capo 4th Fret
(Intro)
[C] [D] [G] [G] [C] [D] [G] [G]
[G]A cold wind against my shoulder [D]woke me up in the middle of the [G]night
An [Em]autumn leaf was scrping against my window
Like it was tryin' hard to get in[G]side
And then a [C]ghost that I had met before he [D]kept me up till dawn
And [G]everything I thought was right was [C]suddenly all wrong
He said "your [D]score is looking pretty bad"
Then he asked me what it was that I had to [G]show
[G]So I went runnin' down a list of things
[D]Some were real, but on some of them I [G]lied
'Cause I [Em]felt I had to justify each breath that
I'd been breathin' in this[G] life
Then I [C]realized I was playing into [D]someone else's rules
[G]Tryin' to keep my score up in a [C]game I did not choose
Then I [D]looked that ghost straight in the eye and said
"You'd better not be coming back by [G]again"
[G]And it's true that I don't [C]work near as hard
As you [D]tell me that I'm supposed to
[G] I don't run as fast as I [C]could
But I live just the way I [D]want to
And that's the way I [G]should
(Instrumental)
[C] [D] [G] [C] [C] [D] [G] [G]
[G]October's leaves were dancin' 'round
Like [D]angels dressed in robes of red and [G]gold
But [Em]November's come and gone now
And they're lyin' in the gutter out along the [G]road
They're gonna [C]make their way out to the ditch or [D]someday to the sea
But they'll [G]get to where they're goin' without the [C]help of you or me
And if each [D]life is just a grain of sand
I'm tellin' you man, this grain of sand is [G]mine
[G]And it's true that I don't [C]work near as hard
As you [D]tell me that I'm supposed to
[G] I don't run as fast as I [C]could
But I live just the way I [D]want to
And that's the way I [G]should
But [C]I live just the way I [D]want to
And that's the way I [G]should
(Outro. Repeat To Fade)
[C] [D] [G] [G]
Chords:
C X32010
D XX0232
Em 022000
G 320033
