Ain't That The Way

[Intro] Am  F  C

G                         C
Remember times back on the train
 C                         Em
Counting roofs and taking names
Em                   Am
Knew every line to Stand By Me
Am                      F
A love so blind, we couldn't see
F                G4
Loved you more than you loved me
G                     C
If I had known, then what I know
C               Em
Certain places we can't go
Em                   Am          
But the demons in my mind came to
               F
 tease me one last time
                    G4       G
Doesn't matter who you know

F7M                          
I'm 35, and I'm losing my mind 
          Em
'cause I feel the same
                    Dm
Oh, I'm caught in a hurricane
                       G  G4  G
Someone showed me some grace
F7M                               
I had a plan, saw it played out up
            Em
 on a big movie screen
  E                Am
The ending was you and me
 F               G
That film never played
              Am     F   C
But, ain't that the way?

    G             C
I memorized every wall
  C               Em
Missing notes, unanswered calls
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Em                Am
It's funny how some people change
Am                F
Mostly, we just stay the same
F                G4
Same old dreams, we've had them all
G                C
'Cause inside everyone is young
C                         Em
They're counting stars and being 
dumb
Em                          Am
The time that graced me with its 
hand
                        F
Shook it once, and not again
                       G4       G
I'll love you right until the end

F7M
I'm 45 and I'm keeping in line
             Em
Like you always say
                  Dm
Oh, "The future's a day away"
               G  G4    G
But mine came wrapped up in lace
F7M                            
Had I known if I'd picked up the 
                   Em
phone, it could be erased
  E                      Am       
Oh, I thank God in a million ways 
        F        G
for showing me grace
        Am
But, ain't that way?
F    Am
Yeah

(That it goes), that it goes
C                F
(Like a bird in your hand), like a 
bird in your hand
Dm
(Ain't that the way?) Ain't that the
 way?
Am
(You can try), you can try
G
(But you won't understand), but you 
won't understand
F
Ain't that the way?
Am
(That it goes), oh, oh
C              F
(Like a bird on the wind), like a 
bird on the wind
Dm.      Am
(Ain't that the way?) Ain't that the
 way?
G
Ain't that the way?
F
But ain't that the way? (Ain't that 
the way?)
Am       C
(That it goes) Ain't that the way?
                    F
(Like a bird in your hand)
              Dm
Ain't that the way?
Am
(You can try)
                 G
That's the way (but you won't 
understand)
              F          Am
Ain't that the way? (That it goes)
          C                     F
That's the way (like a bird on the 
wind)
Dm             Am
(Ain't that the way?)
          G
Ain't that the way?
              F
Ain't that the way?
Am       C
Ain't that the way?