Intro: C (pause)
Verse 1:
DG
Bittersweet sea – sons
DEmC
Mistake a warm winter for spring
DGDEmC
Seems like I’m best at leaving when leaving is not the best thing
Pre – Chorus 1:
GD
You couldn’t help it if you needed more than I could give
EmC
That’s just the way it goes now
Verse 2:
DGDEmC
I call you mis - placed but never a waste of my time
DG
Everybody’s gonna make mistakes,
DEmC
But you’ll never be one of mine
Pre – Chorus 2:
GD
You couldn’t help it if you needed more than I could give
EmC
That’s just the way it goes now
GD
I knew you felt me leaving long before I ever did
EmC
That’s just the way it goes now
Chorus 1:
G (bass line:B-C-D)Eb
Loved me fearless when you needed to
EmA
You would not rest till you came through
CDC
So God bless and thank you
Verse 3:
DGDEmC
There is no an - ger, it's just you and I and the truth
DGDEmC
You can try to make her but love will not be forced to bloom, to bloom
Pre – Chorus 3:
GD
You couldn’t help it if you needed more than I could give
EmC
That’s just the way it goes now
GD
The only love worth fighting for is one that you can win and,
EmC
That’s just the way it goes now
Chorus 2:
G (bass line:B-C-D)Eb
You would not break but you could bend
EmA
And for love’s sake you let love end,
CD
But I still swear that you were God sent
Instrumental:
Em – A – Em – A – Em – A – C – D
Pre – Chorus 4:
GD
And you stood before me knowing that the wings I have you gave
EmC
And that’s just the way it goes now
GD
And I barely have the breath to breathe much less to fly away
EmC
And that’s just the way it goes now
Chorus 3:
G (bass line:B-C-D)EbEm
And a silence entered the room for a one last,
A
"I’m gonna love you"
CEbEm – A -
So God bless and thank you
CDC - D
So God bless and thank you, thank you
C - D
Yeah
C - D(pause)
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