The Way It Must Be

INTRO: F  Bb  F


Baby, how could I have been so vain
                                             Bb
To make you feel like you're the only one to blame
                            F
For all these distances and none of this pain



Baby, how could I have been so blind
                                             Bb
To presuppose that your needs were just like mine
                             F
You've been a prisoner for a long, long time


CHORUS:
               C                      Bb
'Cause now you run from me and I will set you free
              F
If that's the way it must be



I tried so hard to make you part of me
                                              Bb
That every time I looked at you I thought I'd see
                              F
Someone that you could never, ever be



So full of pride, I could not see straight
                                          Bb
I thought you'd change, if'n I could only wait
                              F
I see the truth now, but it's much too late


CHORUS:
               C                      Bb
'Cause now you run from me and I will set you free
              F
If that's the way it must be


BRIDGE:
         Dm                          Bb       F
Oh oh oh oh oh, how'd it ever get so cold and mean
         Dm                               Bb           C           F  Bb  F
Oh oh oh oh oh, is there nothing left but silence in between
         Dm                          Bb       F
Oh oh oh oh oh, how'd it ever get so cold and mean
         Dm                               Bb           C       F
Oh oh oh oh oh, is there nothing left but silence in between



Baby, how'd we hold on so long
                                            Bb
To something both of us must have known was wrong
                               F
We're either fools, or must be terribly strong


CHORUS:
               C                      Bb
'Cause now you run from me and I will set you free
              F
If that's the way it must be
               C                      Bb
'Cause now you run from me and I will set you free
              F
If that's the way it must be
               C                      Bb
'Cause now you run from me and I will set you free
              F
If that's the way it must be