The Way It Used to Be (Bonus) Chords

[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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[C#] _ _ _ _ _ So long, [F#m] _ my love, so long, my [D] love, so long
This is the story [A] of a man
Who took for granted [C#] everything he had
And how he let it [F#m] all just slip away
_ _ Never to [D] return again
_ Now twenty years have [A] come and gone
_ _ Still he wonders [F#m] what he did so wrong
And how that he can [D] win back her heart
And finally step outside [E] of the dark
He buys fresh roses [A] every day
_ Her favorite [E] flower, so [F#m] she used to say
_ And now that memory's [D] all that he has left
_ I'm afraid he'll [E] drink himself to death
This is the story [A] of a man
_ Who took for granted [C#] everything he had
And how he let it [F#m] all just slip away
_ Never to [D] return again
It's _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ clear she's moved on [A] long ago
But _ he still clings on [F#m] to a distant home
_ She'll come back and [D] make a happy home
And now it's him in the [E] bottle all along
_ _ Sometimes you'll see him [A] in the yard
_ A wounded [E] man [F#m] with a desperate heart
He keeps the hedges [D] trimmed nice and neat
To keep them the way [E] that they used to be
This is the story [A] of a man
Who took for granted [C#] everything he had
And _ how he let it [F#m] all just slip away
_ Never to [D] return _ again _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ A _ _ single dress [A] hangs on its own
_ The scent of perfume [F#m] all he has to hold
A wasted life [D] waiting on a dream
_ Hoping for things the [E] way they used to be
_ This is the story [A] of a man
Who took for granted [C#] everything he had
And how he let it [F#m] all just slip away
_ Never to [D] return again
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