Chords for Jim Croce - It Doesn't Have To Be That Way
Tempo:
123.7 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
G
Em
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C] [G] [Am] [G]
[C]
[Em] Snowy nights [Am] and Christmas [C] lights, [F]
[C] icy [Dm] window [G] panes
[C]
Make [G] me wish [Am] that we [C] could be [D]
together [G] again
And [C] the windy winter [Am] [C] avenues [F]
[C] just don't seem [Dm] the same
[G] [C] And the [Em] Christmas carols [Am] sound like blues, [F] but the choir [G] is not [C] to blame
[G] But [C] it [Em] [Am] doesn't have [F] to be [Em] that way
[F]
What [Em] we had [F] should never [Em] have [C] ended, [Em] [Am] I'll be dropping [F] by [Em] today
[F]
We [Em] could [F] easily get [C] it together [D]
tonight
[G] It's [C] only right
[G] [C]
[G] Crowded stores, [Am] the corner Santa [F] Claus [C] Tinsel [Dm] [G] afternoons
[C] And the sidewalk [G] bands [Am] play their songs [D]
slightly out [G] of tune
[C] On the [G] windy [Am] winter avenues [F]
there [C] walks a [G] lonely man
[C] And if I [G] told you [Am] who he is, [F] well I think [G] you'd [C] understand
[G] But [C] it [Em] [Am] doesn't have to [F] be that [Em] way
[F]
What we [Em] had should [F] [C] never have ended, I'll be [F] dropping by [Em] today
[F] We [C] could [F] easily get [C] it [Em] together [D]
tonight
[G] It's [C] only right
[Dm] [Em]
[F] [G] No, [C] it [Em]
[Am] doesn't have to [F] be that [Em] way
[F] [C] What we had should never have ended, I'll be dropping [F] by [Em] today
[F] [Em] We could [F] easily get [C] it together [D] tonight
[G] It's [C] only right
[Dm] [Em]
[F] [G] [C]
[C]
[Em] Snowy nights [Am] and Christmas [C] lights, [F]
[C] icy [Dm] window [G] panes
[C]
Make [G] me wish [Am] that we [C] could be [D]
together [G] again
And [C] the windy winter [Am] [C] avenues [F]
[C] just don't seem [Dm] the same
[G] [C] And the [Em] Christmas carols [Am] sound like blues, [F] but the choir [G] is not [C] to blame
[G] But [C] it [Em] [Am] doesn't have [F] to be [Em] that way
[F]
What [Em] we had [F] should never [Em] have [C] ended, [Em] [Am] I'll be dropping [F] by [Em] today
[F]
We [Em] could [F] easily get [C] it together [D]
tonight
[G] It's [C] only right
[G] [C]
[G] Crowded stores, [Am] the corner Santa [F] Claus [C] Tinsel [Dm] [G] afternoons
[C] And the sidewalk [G] bands [Am] play their songs [D]
slightly out [G] of tune
[C] On the [G] windy [Am] winter avenues [F]
there [C] walks a [G] lonely man
[C] And if I [G] told you [Am] who he is, [F] well I think [G] you'd [C] understand
[G] But [C] it [Em] [Am] doesn't have to [F] be that [Em] way
[F]
What we [Em] had should [F] [C] never have ended, I'll be [F] dropping by [Em] today
[F] We [C] could [F] easily get [C] it [Em] together [D]
tonight
[G] It's [C] only right
[Dm] [Em]
[F] [G] No, [C] it [Em]
[Am] doesn't have to [F] be that [Em] way
[F] [C] What we had should never have ended, I'll be dropping [F] by [Em] today
[F] [Em] We could [F] easily get [C] it together [D] tonight
[G] It's [C] only right
[Dm] [Em]
[F] [G] [C]
Key:
C
F
G
Em
Am
C
F
G
[C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
[Em] Snowy nights [Am] and Christmas [C] lights, [F] _
[C] icy [Dm] window [G] panes
_ [C]
Make [G] me wish [Am] that we [C] could be [D] _
_ together [G] again
And [C] the windy winter [Am] _ [C] avenues _ [F] _
[C] just don't seem [Dm] the same
[G] _ [C] And the [Em] Christmas carols [Am] sound like blues, [F] but the choir [G] is not [C] to blame
[G] But [C] it [Em] [Am] doesn't have [F] to be [Em] that way
[F]
What [Em] we had [F] should never [Em] have [C] ended, [Em] [Am] I'll be dropping [F] by [Em] today
[F]
We [Em] could [F] easily get [C] it together [D]
tonight
_ _ [G] _ It's [C] only right
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
[G] Crowded stores, [Am] the corner Santa [F] Claus _ [C] Tinsel [Dm] _ [G] afternoons
[C] And the sidewalk [G] bands [Am] play their songs [D] _
slightly out [G] of tune
_ [C] On the [G] windy [Am] winter avenues _ [F]
there [C] walks a [G] lonely man
[C] And if I [G] told you [Am] who he is, [F] well I think [G] you'd [C] understand
_ [G] But [C] it [Em] [Am] doesn't have to [F] be that [Em] way
[F]
What we [Em] had should [F] [C] never have ended, I'll be [F] dropping by [Em] today
[F] We [C] could [F] easily get [C] it [Em] together [D] _
tonight
_ [G] It's _ [C] only right
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [G] No, [C] it [Em]
[Am] doesn't have to [F] be that [Em] way
[F] [C] What we had should never have ended, I'll be dropping [F] by [Em] today
[F] _ [Em] We could [F] easily get [C] it together [D] tonight _
_ [G] _ It's [C] only right _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
[Em] Snowy nights [Am] and Christmas [C] lights, [F] _
[C] icy [Dm] window [G] panes
_ [C]
Make [G] me wish [Am] that we [C] could be [D] _
_ together [G] again
And [C] the windy winter [Am] _ [C] avenues _ [F] _
[C] just don't seem [Dm] the same
[G] _ [C] And the [Em] Christmas carols [Am] sound like blues, [F] but the choir [G] is not [C] to blame
[G] But [C] it [Em] [Am] doesn't have [F] to be [Em] that way
[F]
What [Em] we had [F] should never [Em] have [C] ended, [Em] [Am] I'll be dropping [F] by [Em] today
[F]
We [Em] could [F] easily get [C] it together [D]
tonight
_ _ [G] _ It's [C] only right
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _
[G] Crowded stores, [Am] the corner Santa [F] Claus _ [C] Tinsel [Dm] _ [G] afternoons
[C] And the sidewalk [G] bands [Am] play their songs [D] _
slightly out [G] of tune
_ [C] On the [G] windy [Am] winter avenues _ [F]
there [C] walks a [G] lonely man
[C] And if I [G] told you [Am] who he is, [F] well I think [G] you'd [C] understand
_ [G] But [C] it [Em] [Am] doesn't have to [F] be that [Em] way
[F]
What we [Em] had should [F] [C] never have ended, I'll be [F] dropping by [Em] today
[F] We [C] could [F] easily get [C] it [Em] together [D] _
tonight
_ [G] It's _ [C] only right
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [G] No, [C] it [Em]
[Am] doesn't have to [F] be that [Em] way
[F] [C] What we had should never have ended, I'll be dropping [F] by [Em] today
[F] _ [Em] We could [F] easily get [C] it together [D] tonight _
_ [G] _ It's [C] only right _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _