City And Colour – The Way It Used To Be chords ver. 2

What’s up guys and gals? I decided to plate up the bonus track for you all!

(TUNING: one and a half step down)

Chords used:

     G    E   E*  F    C    C*   Am  C/B   

e|---0----0---0---0----0----0----0---0--|B|---3----0---0---1----1----1----1---1--|G|---0----1---2---2----0----0----2---0--|D|---0----2---2---3----2----2----2---0--|A|---2----2---2---3----3----3----0---2--|E|---3----0---0-------------3-----------|


Intro: C* (strum and pause)
Then:  C, E, Am, F

Intro/Chorus:
                       CThis is the story of a man

                          E           E*Who took for granted everything he had

                           AmAnd how he let it all just slip away

           F~Never to return again

(Note that the E* is just a quick hammer-on on the 2nd fret of the G-string)


Verse I:
                               CNow twenty years have come and gone

                             AmAnd still he wonders what he did so wrong

                        FAnd how that he can win back her heart

                         GAnd finally step outside of the dark


                          CHe buys fresh roses every day

                    C/B    AmHer favorite flower so she used to say

                              FAnd now the memories all that he has left

                              GAnd I'm afraid he'll drink himself to death


Chorus:

                       CThis is the story of a man

                          EWho took for granted everything he had

                           AmAnd how he let it all just slip away

           FNever to return again

C    EOoh

Am   F~Ooh

Verse II:

                                CIt's clear she's moved on long ago

                            AmBut he still clings on to a distant hope

                            FThat she’ll come and make a happy home

                                GFor now it's him and the bottle all alone

                                CSometimes you'll see him in the yard

              C/B    AmA wounded man with a desperate heart

                            FHe keeps the hedges trimmed nice and neat

                              GTo keep them the way that the used to be


Chorus:

                       CThis is the story of a man

                          EWho took for granted everything he had

                           AmAnd how he let it all just slip away

           FNever to return again

C    EOoh

Am   F~Ooh


Outro:
                            CA single dress hangs on its own

                            AmThe scent of perfume all he has to hold

                      FA wasted life waiting on a dream

                               GHoping for things the way they used to be

                       CThis is the story of a man

                          EWho took for granted everything he had

                           AmAnd how he let it all just slip away

           FNever to return again

End on: C*