The Way It Goes Chords by Gillian Welch

_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] Like a Johnson box of fun put a needle in her [Cm] arm.
That's [C] the way that it goes
That's [Fm] the way
Then a brother laid it down in the cold, Kentucky ground.
[C] That's the way that it [Fm] goes
That's the way
_ [Ab] That's the way
[Fm] Did it go
_ [Db] _
Everybody's buying [Ab] little baby clothes
[Eb] _ [Ab] That's the way
_ _ [Fm] That's the way
That it is
[Db] Though there was a [C] time when she and [Fm] I were friends _
_ _ Yeah Miranda ran away
Took her cat and left LA
[C] That's the way that it goes
[Fm] That's the way
She was busted, broke, and flat
Had to sell that pussycat
[C] That's the way that it goes
[Fm] That's the way
That's the way
_ [Ab] That's the way
_ [Fm] That it goes
_ [Db] Everybody's buying [Ab] little baby clothes
[Eb] _ [Ab] That's the way
[Fm] That it _ is
[Db] Though there was a time when he [Fm] and I were friends
_ _ _ _ The brightest ones of all early in October fall.
[C] That's the way that it [Fm] goes.
That's the way
_ While the dark ones go to bed with good whiskey in their heads.
[C] That's the way that it [Fm] goes.
That's the way
_ _ [Cm] _
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_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [F] _ [Bb] _ [Cm] Now Billy Joe's back in the tank.
He tell Musso and I tell Frank.
[C] That's the way that it goes.
[F] That's the way
Did [Fm] he throw her down well did she leave him for that swell?
[C] That's the way that it goes.
[Fm] That's the way
_ [Ab] That's the way
_ [Fm] That it goes
_ _ [Db]
Everybody's buying [Ab] little baby clothes
[Eb] _ [Ab] That's the way
[Fm] That it _ is
[Db] Though there was a time when [Fm] all of us were friends _
_ _ When you laid me down to [Cm] rest leave the pistol in my vest.
[C] That's the way that it [Fm] goes.
That's the way
_ You miss my gentle touch did I hurt you very much?
[C] That's the way that it [Fm] goes.
That's the way _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Fm] _
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_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ [Ab] That's the way
_ [Fm] That it goes
_ _ [Db] Everybody's buying [Ab] little baby clothes
[Eb] _ [Ab] That's the way
[Fm] That it _ is
[Ab] Though there was a [C] time when you [Fm] and I Friend _ _ _ _ _ _
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