{"id":10454,"date":"2022-06-10T23:02:49","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T23:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=10454"},"modified":"2025-09-23T01:15:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T01:15:53","slug":"this-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/this-door\/","title":{"rendered":"This Door Swings Both Ways"},"content":{"rendered":"
This Door Swings Both Ways:Herman's Hermits. - - - - <\/span>#12 in 1966.<\/span> \r\n         INTRO: (Slow) - - - - - \r\n[<\/span>C] Everyones life is [F] bittersweet, it's a [D] door <\/span><\/span>that opens [G] wide.  <\/span><\/span>And [C] no man can call [F] himself complete, <\/span><\/span>till he's [D] seen it from both [G] sides.\r\n\r\n[tap here]<\/a><\/span>\r\n\r\n<\/a>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nintro chords - - [ C F C F ] - - - - - <\/span><\/span><\/span>#1.(Rock tempo) - - - - - <\/span>[C] This door [F] swings both ways, [C] it's marked [F] 'In and Out.'  <\/span><\/span>[C] Some days you'll [F] want to cry and [D] some days you <\/span><\/span>will [G] shout.  <\/span><\/span>[C] This door [F] swings both ways, [C] it goes [F] back and forth.   <\/span><\/span>[C] In comes a [F] southern breeze or a [D] cold wind from the [C] north.\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n#2. - - - - -  <\/span>[C] This door [F] swings both ways, [C] lets in [F] joy and pain.  <\/span><\/span>[C] In comes the [F] morning sun, and [D] then the evening [G] rain.   <\/span><\/span>[C] This door [F] swings both ways, [C] lets in [F] dark and light.  <\/span><\/span>[C] Every day you [F] make the choice, to [G] let in wrong or [C] right.\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS } - - - - <\/span>When shadows [G] fall you must prepare yourself for [C] sunshine.   <\/span><\/span>For [G] everything there is an end, and so my [F] friend...you <\/span><\/span>must be [G] brave.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\nintro chords - - <\/span>[ C F C F ] <\/span><\/span>- - - - - [WRAP UP VERSE] - - - - - <\/span>[C] This door [F] swings both ways, [C] which one [F] will it be?   <\/span><\/span>[C] Will we live in [F] happiness, or [D] dwell in [G] misery?   <\/span><\/span>[C] This door [F] swings both ways, [C] lets in earth and [F] sky.   <\/span><\/span>[C] Make the most of [F] livin' if you're [G] not prepared to [C] die.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n{ CHORUS } - - - -<\/span> <\/span><\/span> followed by - - - - - [WRAP UP VERSE] - - - - - <\/span><\/span>[C] Make the most of [F] livin' if you're [G] not prepared to [C] die.<\/span>\r\n- - - end on alternating chords - - - - - [ C F C F C F C]<\/span> \r\n\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n \r\n<\/span><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This Door Swings Both Ways:Herman’s Hermits. – – – – #12 in 1966. INTRO: (Slow) – – – – – [C] Everyones life is [F] bittersweet, it’s a [D] door that opens [G] wide. And [C] no man can call [F] himself complete, till he’s [D] seen it from both … CLICK TO VIEW SONGThis Door Swings Both Ways<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25,116,117],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4-chords","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10454\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}