The Way It Will Be
Gillian Welch

CAPO 3rd Fret

INTRO
Em    Am   Em
 
Em                      Am                     Em
I lost you a while ago, but still I don't know why
Em                    Am                    Em
I can't say your name without a crow flying by
C                    Bm                        E
Got to watch my back now that you've turned me around
Am                                   Em
Got me walking backwards into my hometown
 
G          C
Throw me a rope 
G              C
On the rolling tide
Am           C/B        C
What did you want me to be
Am            C/B    C
You said it's him or me
Am          C                                G   D C
The way you made it - That's the way it will be
 
       Em                             Am                    Em
It was seven years on the Burma shore with gatling guns and pain
Em                                Am                Em
Working the lowlands door-to-door like a latter day saint
C                Bm                    E
Then you turn me out at the top of the stairs
Am                                            Em
You took all the glory that you just couldn't share
     Em                        Am                 Em
I've never been so disabused - I've never been so mad
     Em                         Am             Em
I've never been served anything that tasted so bad
C                Bm                       E
You might need a friend any day now - any day
Am                                           Em
Oh my brother, be careful - You are driftin' away
 
G          C
Throw me a rope 
G              C
On the rolling tide
Am           C/B        C
What did you want me to be
Am            C/B    C
You said it's him or me
Am          C                                G   D C
The way you made it - That's the way it will be
    Am      C/B     C   N.C.                 Em   Am  Em
The way you made it - That's the way it will be