Chords for That's Just The Way It Was (Ellis & Wince Coles)
Tempo:
93.7 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
G
A
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C] [G] [C]
I can still see dad at work and lord [F] he never seems to stop.
[C] Mom is always clean enough for running [G] to the [A] shop.
With [C] no cars to break the silence, [F] just a [C] bicycle or two.
We're unable to wait to say good [G] day or stop to hear [C] the news.
I can see the snow a [F]-blowing in the drifts [C] above our heads.
As we shovel out a path to get some wood out in the shed.
We keep the old stove going, spitting flankers on the floor.
What a smell of apples in the [G] hall came seeping [C] through the door.
[F] Now everything is steady go, it seems [C] the only way
I can get that peaceful feeling is go back to [G] back on day.
[F] To another place, another world the way it [C] used to be.
I just close my eyes open my [G] mind and this is [C] what I see.
[F] I'd be playing snakes ladders when outside the [C] pouring rain.
From my nose little even holes upon a frozen [G] window pane.
[F] Spending summers getting dirty in the mud down [C] by the pool.
All the fine we carry in my junk's a [G] wood to school.
That's just the [C] way it was.
I still can smell molasses [F] soaking into [C] fresh baked bread.
And feel the half a foot of clothes that held us [G] in the bed.
[C] With mama's sewed patches [F] on the pants I [C] had to wear.
The neighbor'd tell jokes each [G] time he cut my daddy's [C] hair.
I remember that old [F] motorboat they steered [C] around the rocks.
As my two older brothers went to set their [D] lobster pots.
[C] Now we'd go scraping mussels [F] till the boilers [C] overflowed.
And the vixen mom rubbed to us [G] when we'd come down [C] with cold.
[F] Now the images get brighter as the years they [C] fade away.
Of everything I used to love back in my [G] younger days.
[F] It's right there in the memories that will always [C] stay with me.
As I sail into the future [G] on the way it used [C] to be.
And [F] I'd be playing snakes ladders when outside the [C] pouring rain.
For my nose would leave holes upon a frozen [G] window pane.
[F] Spending summers getting dirty in the mud down [C] by the pool.
For the fine me carrying my junk's a [G] wood to school.
[C] And that's just the way it was.
And [F] I'd be playing snakes ladders when outside the pouring [C] rain.
For my nose would leave holes upon a frozen [G] window pane.
[F] Spending summers getting
I can still see dad at work and lord [F] he never seems to stop.
[C] Mom is always clean enough for running [G] to the [A] shop.
With [C] no cars to break the silence, [F] just a [C] bicycle or two.
We're unable to wait to say good [G] day or stop to hear [C] the news.
I can see the snow a [F]-blowing in the drifts [C] above our heads.
As we shovel out a path to get some wood out in the shed.
We keep the old stove going, spitting flankers on the floor.
What a smell of apples in the [G] hall came seeping [C] through the door.
[F] Now everything is steady go, it seems [C] the only way
I can get that peaceful feeling is go back to [G] back on day.
[F] To another place, another world the way it [C] used to be.
I just close my eyes open my [G] mind and this is [C] what I see.
[F] I'd be playing snakes ladders when outside the [C] pouring rain.
From my nose little even holes upon a frozen [G] window pane.
[F] Spending summers getting dirty in the mud down [C] by the pool.
All the fine we carry in my junk's a [G] wood to school.
That's just the [C] way it was.
I still can smell molasses [F] soaking into [C] fresh baked bread.
And feel the half a foot of clothes that held us [G] in the bed.
[C] With mama's sewed patches [F] on the pants I [C] had to wear.
The neighbor'd tell jokes each [G] time he cut my daddy's [C] hair.
I remember that old [F] motorboat they steered [C] around the rocks.
As my two older brothers went to set their [D] lobster pots.
[C] Now we'd go scraping mussels [F] till the boilers [C] overflowed.
And the vixen mom rubbed to us [G] when we'd come down [C] with cold.
[F] Now the images get brighter as the years they [C] fade away.
Of everything I used to love back in my [G] younger days.
[F] It's right there in the memories that will always [C] stay with me.
As I sail into the future [G] on the way it used [C] to be.
And [F] I'd be playing snakes ladders when outside the [C] pouring rain.
For my nose would leave holes upon a frozen [G] window pane.
[F] Spending summers getting dirty in the mud down [C] by the pool.
For the fine me carrying my junk's a [G] wood to school.
[C] And that's just the way it was.
And [F] I'd be playing snakes ladders when outside the pouring [C] rain.
For my nose would leave holes upon a frozen [G] window pane.
[F] Spending summers getting
Key:
C
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G
A
D
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_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _
_ I can still see dad at work and lord [F] he never seems to stop.
[C] Mom is always clean enough for running [G] to the [A] shop.
With [C] no cars to break the silence, [F] just a [C] bicycle or two.
We're unable to wait to say good [G] day or stop to hear [C] the news. _
I can see the snow a [F]-blowing in the drifts [C] above our heads.
As we shovel out a path to get some wood out in the shed.
We keep the old stove going, spitting flankers on the floor.
What a smell of apples in the [G] hall came seeping [C] through the door.
_ _ [F] Now everything is steady go, it seems [C] the only way
I can get that peaceful feeling is go back to [G] back on day.
[F] To another place, another world the way it [C] used to be.
I just close my eyes open my [G] mind and this is [C] what I see.
_ [F] I'd be playing snakes ladders when outside the [C] pouring rain.
From my nose little even holes upon a frozen [G] window pane.
_ [F] Spending summers getting dirty in the mud down [C] by the pool.
All the fine we carry in my junk's a [G] wood to school.
_ That's just the [C] way it was. _ _ _ _
_ I still can smell molasses [F] soaking into [C] fresh baked bread.
And feel the half a foot of clothes that held us [G] in the bed.
[C] With mama's sewed patches [F] on the pants I [C] had to wear.
The neighbor'd tell jokes each [G] time he cut my daddy's [C] hair. _
I remember that old [F] motorboat they steered [C] around the rocks.
As my two older brothers went to set their [D] lobster pots.
[C] Now we'd go scraping mussels [F] till the boilers [C] overflowed.
And the vixen mom rubbed to us [G] when we'd come down [C] with cold.
_ [F] Now the images get brighter as the years they [C] fade away.
Of everything I used to love back in my [G] younger days.
_ [F] It's right there in the memories that will always [C] stay with me.
As I sail into the future [G] on the way it used [C] to be.
_ And [F] I'd be playing snakes ladders when outside the [C] pouring rain.
For my nose would leave holes upon a frozen [G] window pane.
_ [F] Spending summers getting dirty in the mud down [C] by the pool.
For the fine me carrying my junk's a [G] wood to school.
_ [C] And that's just the way it was.
And [F] I'd be playing snakes ladders when outside the pouring [C] rain.
For my nose would leave holes upon a frozen [G] window pane.
_ [F] Spending summers getting
_ I can still see dad at work and lord [F] he never seems to stop.
[C] Mom is always clean enough for running [G] to the [A] shop.
With [C] no cars to break the silence, [F] just a [C] bicycle or two.
We're unable to wait to say good [G] day or stop to hear [C] the news. _
I can see the snow a [F]-blowing in the drifts [C] above our heads.
As we shovel out a path to get some wood out in the shed.
We keep the old stove going, spitting flankers on the floor.
What a smell of apples in the [G] hall came seeping [C] through the door.
_ _ [F] Now everything is steady go, it seems [C] the only way
I can get that peaceful feeling is go back to [G] back on day.
[F] To another place, another world the way it [C] used to be.
I just close my eyes open my [G] mind and this is [C] what I see.
_ [F] I'd be playing snakes ladders when outside the [C] pouring rain.
From my nose little even holes upon a frozen [G] window pane.
_ [F] Spending summers getting dirty in the mud down [C] by the pool.
All the fine we carry in my junk's a [G] wood to school.
_ That's just the [C] way it was. _ _ _ _
_ I still can smell molasses [F] soaking into [C] fresh baked bread.
And feel the half a foot of clothes that held us [G] in the bed.
[C] With mama's sewed patches [F] on the pants I [C] had to wear.
The neighbor'd tell jokes each [G] time he cut my daddy's [C] hair. _
I remember that old [F] motorboat they steered [C] around the rocks.
As my two older brothers went to set their [D] lobster pots.
[C] Now we'd go scraping mussels [F] till the boilers [C] overflowed.
And the vixen mom rubbed to us [G] when we'd come down [C] with cold.
_ [F] Now the images get brighter as the years they [C] fade away.
Of everything I used to love back in my [G] younger days.
_ [F] It's right there in the memories that will always [C] stay with me.
As I sail into the future [G] on the way it used [C] to be.
_ And [F] I'd be playing snakes ladders when outside the [C] pouring rain.
For my nose would leave holes upon a frozen [G] window pane.
_ [F] Spending summers getting dirty in the mud down [C] by the pool.
For the fine me carrying my junk's a [G] wood to school.
_ [C] And that's just the way it was.
And [F] I'd be playing snakes ladders when outside the pouring [C] rain.
For my nose would leave holes upon a frozen [G] window pane.
_ [F] Spending summers getting