The Way It Was

E                      C#m        
  I drove through the desert last 
G#m   A B
night
E                C#m             
  I carried the weight of our 
   G#m   A B
last fight
 E                      C#m       
Elvis singing "Don't be Cruel" and
          G#m
 I wonder if you feel it too
      A                B
It's like we're going under.
C#m                       F#m
   Somewhere outside the lonely 
                     G#m
Esmeralda County line,
                    A              
The question of my heart came to my
   B
 mind:


[Chorus]

        A        E
If I go on with you by my side,
       A   E       B             
Can it be the way it was when we 
A
met?
          E                   
Did you forget all about those 
  B
golden nights?


[Verse 2]

E          C#m              G#m  
  Maybe a thief stole your heart
 A B

E             C#m           G#m
  Or maybe we just drifted apart.
     A       B
I remember driving
E               C#m              
  In my daddy's car to the 
     G#m
airfield, blanket on the hood,
Continúa después del anuncio
 A                 B
Backs against the windshield.
C#m                          F#m 
   Back then this thing was 
                          G#m
running on momentum, love and trust.
                   A            B
That paradise is buried in the dust.


[Chorus]

        A        E
If I go on with you by my side,
       A   E       B             
Can it be the way it was when we 
A
met?
          E                   
Did you forget all about those 
  B
golden nights?
(The way it was, it was)


[Bridge]

F#m                           
   All of our plans are falling 
    C#m
through.
F#m                               
   Sometimes a dream, it don't 
   B A
come true.


[Instrumental]

A - E - B (x2)


[Verse 3]

    A     E
Darling. Darling
                    A
(If we go on can it be)
       A   E      B           
Can it be the way it was when we 
    A
met?
          E                     B
Did you forget all about them golden
 nights?


[Chorus]

        A        E
If I go on with you by my side,
       A   E      B
Can it be the way it was?
             A                E
My heart is true, girl, it's just 
you
             B
I'm thinking of
       A              E
Can it be the way it was?


[Otro]

C#m - G#m - A - B

E         C#m              G#m  A  B
 (Maybe a thief stole your heart.)