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The Way it Goes\r\nGillian Welch\r\nThe Harrow and the Harvest - 2011\r\n \r\nCapo 1\r\n \r\n[Verse 1]\r\n \r\nEm<\/span>\r\nBecky Johnson bought the farm\r\nEm<\/span>\r\nPut a needle in her arm\r\n           B7<\/span>\r\nThat's the way that it goes \r\n           Em<\/span>\r\nThat's the way\r\n \r\nEm<\/span>\r\nAnd her brother laid her down\r\nEm<\/span>\r\nIn the cold Kentucky ground\r\n           B7<\/span>\r\nThat's the way that it goes\r\n           Em<\/span>\r\nThat's the way\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n \r\n           G<\/span>           Em<\/span>\r\nThat's the way that it goes\r\n     C<\/span>                         G<\/span>         D<\/span>\r\nEverybody's buying little baby clothes\r\n           G<\/span>           Em<\/span>\r\nThat's the way that it ends\r\n             C<\/span>              B7<\/span>               Em<\/span>\r\nThough there was a time when she and I were friends\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 2]\r\n \r\nEm<\/span>\r\nWell, Miranda ran away\r\nEm<\/span>\r\nTook her cat and left LA\r\n           B7\r\nThat's the way that it goes \r\n           Em\r\nThat's the way\r\n \r\nEm\r\nShe was busted, broke and flat\r\nEm\r\nHad to sell that pussy cat\r\n           B7\r\nThat's the way that it goes \r\n           Em\r\nThat's the way\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n \r\n           G           Em\r\nThat's the way that it goes\r\n     C                         G         D\r\nEverybody's buying little baby clothes\r\n           G           Em\r\nThat's the way that it ends\r\n             C              B7               Em\r\nThough there was a time when he and I were friends\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse 3]\r\n \r\nEm\r\nSee the brightest ones of all\r\nEm\r\nEarly in October fall\r\n           B7\r\nThat's the way that it goes \r\n           Em\r\nThat's the way\r\n \r\nEm\r\nWhile the dark ones go to bed\r\nEm\r\nWith good whiskey in their head\r\n           B7\r\nThat's the way that it goes \r\n           Em\r\nThat's the way\r\n \r\nEm\r\nNow Billy Joe's back in the tank\r\nEm\r\nYou tell Musso, I'll tell Frank\r\n           B7\r\nThat's the way that it goes \r\n           Em\r\nThat's the way\r\n \r\nEm\r\nDid he throw her down a well?\r\nEm\r\nDid she leave him for that swell?\r\n           B7\r\nThat's the way that it goes \r\n           Em\r\nThat's the way\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n \r\n           G           Em\r\nThat's the way that it goes\r\n     C                         G         D\r\nEverybody's buying little baby clothes\r\n           G           Em\r\nThat's the way that it ends\r\n             C              B7               Em\r\nThough there was a time when all of us were friends\r\n \r\n \r\n[Verse]\r\n \r\nEm\r\nWhen you lay me down to rest\r\nEm\r\nLeave a pistol in my vest\r\n           B7\r\nThat's the way that it goes \r\n           Em\r\nThat's the way\r\n \r\nEm\r\nDo you miss my gentle touch?\r\nEm\r\nDid I hurt you very much?\r\n           B7\r\nThat's the way that it goes \r\n           Em\r\nThat's the way\r\n \r\n \r\n{ CHORUS }\r\n \r\n           G           Em\r\nThat's the way that it goes\r\n     C                         G         D\r\nEverybody's buying little baby clothes\r\n           G           Em\r\nThat's the way that it ends\r\n             C              B7               Em\r\nThough there was a time when you and I were friends<\/pre>\n
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Gillian Welch The Way it Goes Gillian Welch The Harrow and the Harvest – 2011 Capo 1 [Verse 1] Em Becky Johnson bought the farm Em Put a needle in her arm B7 That’s the way that it goes Em That’s the way Em And her brother laid her down … CLICK TO VIEW SONGWay it Goes, The<\/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":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-x-bill-chase"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28720","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=28720"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30093,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28720\/revisions\/30093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}