The Easy Way

INTRO: C  F  C  F

C               F
I knew a guy, I thought he was my first love
       C               F
But he had to decide between me and the one before
        C                  F
And she stacked it all up, like a house of cards
            C                               F
Said, if he didn't come back, he'd find her flattened on the floor
             Dm
And though I went and lived in my own Hell
F
Thought that I could die as well
  Dm                                    F
I let him go where he thought he had to go


CHORUS:
       C              F
'Cause I never took

Heavy words for granted
    C              F
And I never took

The undeserved advantage
      Am             F
No, I never took the easy way
                 Dm                          F
So why don't you take it a little easy on me now


C                  F
Out on the road, I had so many questions
               C               F
That I thought I could explode just for some attention
        C                  F
Like an acolyte, I saw the flames of towering tapers
       C                     F
Almost proselytised by those gleaming piles of papers
        Dm
Yeah, I watched the power huddles
          F
And their coats draped over puddles
            Dm                              F
And their, “Trust me, baby, I'm the one you need.”


CHORUS:
    C              F
But I never took

Heavy words for granted
    C              F
And I never took

The undeserved advantage
      Am             F
No, I never took the easy way
                 Dm                          F
So why don't you take it a little easy on me now


BRIDGE:
         Am                      F                 C
We don't want to be the ones who lie and cheat and slander
      Am                  F            C
So we hold each other up to the higher standard
         Am                     F              C
But I'll tell you what, I never try to make it hard
                   Dm
'Cause when you're hard just to be hard
         F
The only thing that's hard is you


   C                     F
So here's what I took, I kept the wine and laughter
      C               F
Until every path just grew up and ever after
            Dm                               F
Through the peaks and twisty canyons, I made many great companions
        Dm                                    F
Best of all, is the one who loves me like you do


CHORUS:
    C              F
But I never took

Heavy words for granted
    C              F
And I never took

The undeserved advantage
      Am             F
No, I never took the easy way
                 Dm                          F
So why don't you take it a little easy on me now


CHORUS:
       C              F
'Cause I never took

Heavy words for granted
         C
And it's much too late
   F
To even want the shortcut
        Am             F
Yeah, I never took the easy way
                 Dm                          F
So why don't you take it a little easy on me now
                     Dm                   F        C
Because we know that easy's never easy anyhow