The Way It Used To Be by City and Colour
Key: BB | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

    



Intro:] B (strum and pause)
Then:  B, D#, G#m, E
Intro/Chorus
                       B
This is the story of a man
                          D#           D#*
Who took for granted everything he had
                           G#m
And how he let it all just slip away
           E~
Never to return again
(Note that the E* is just a quick hammer-on on the 2nd fret of the G-string)
Verse I:]
                               B
Now twenty years have come and gone
                             G#m
And still he wonders what he did so wrong
                        E
And how that he can win back her heart
                         F#
And finally step outside of the dark
                          B
He buys fresh roses every day
                    B/A#    G#m
Her favorite flower so she used to say
                              E
And now the memories all that he has left
                              F#
And I'm afraid he'll drink himself to death
Chorus:]
                       B
This is the story of a man
                          D#
Who took for granted everything he had
                           G#m
And how he let it all just slip away
           E
Never to return again
B    D#
Ooh
G#m   E~
Ooh
Verse II:]
                                B
It's clear she's moved on long ago
                            G#m
But he still clings on to a distant hope
                            E
That she’ll come and make a happy home
                                F#
For now it's him and the bottle all alone
                                B
Sometimes you'll see him in the yard
              B/A#    G#m
A wounded man with a desperate heart
                            E
He keeps the hedges trimmed nice and neat
                              F#
To keep them the way that the used to be
Chorus:]
                       B
This is the story of a man
                          D#
Who took for granted everything he had
                           G#m
And how he let it all just slip away
           E
Never to return again
B    D#
Ooh
G#m   E~
Ooh
Outro:]
                            B
A single dress hangs on its own
                            G#m
The scent of perfume all he has to hold
                      E
A wasted life waiting on a dream
                               F#
Hoping for things the way they used to be
                       B
This is the story of a man
                          D#
Who took for granted everything he had
                           G#m
And how he let it all just slip away
           E
Never to return again
End on: B