The Way It Will Be - Gillian Welch

Capo: Fret 3
Tuning: , E A D G B E

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       Written in 2004'ish, this song is finally officially released
       in 2011, simple, and beautiful. Hope you enjoy

                      if you like it  ** RATE IT **
                                                    - flatwound -

      At the end of each of the first two lines of the Verse, there's a
      quick lift off, strum open strings, and back on to the Em chord.
      Use for all three Verses.

                       THE WAY IT WILL BE
                     *** CAPO 3rd FRET ***

  = X20010

       [INTRO]          

            
       I lost 

              
you a while ag

            
o,      But st

              
ill I don't kn

   
ow why
            
       I can't

              
 say your name

            
,      Without

              
 a crow flying

 
 by
             
       Got to 

              
watch my back,

            
    Now that y

              
ou've turned m

    
e around
            
       Got me 

              
walking backwa

              
rds,     Into 

         
my home-town

             
       Throw m

             
e a rope,   On

             
 the rolling t

 
ide
            
       What di

           
d you want me 

           
to be,    You 

           
said it's him 

   
or me
            
       The way

              
 you made it, 

             
    That's the

             
 way it will b

     
e

              
       It was 

            
seven years on

              
 the Burma sho

            
re,    With ga

              
tling guns and

  
 pain
            
       Working

              
 the lowlands 

              
door-to-door, 

            
     Like a la

          
tter day saint
             
       Then yo

            
u turn me out,

              
      At the t

            
op of the stai

rs
            
       You too

              
k all the glor

              
y,     That yo

              
u just couldn'

   
t share

            
       I've ne

              
ver been so di

            
sabused,     I

              
've never been

    
 so mad
            
       I've ne

              
ver been serve

            
d anything,   

              
   That tasted

    
 so bad
             
       You mig

            
ht need a frie

              
nd,  Any day n

         
ow  any day
            
       Oh my b

              
rother  be car

              
eful,   You ar

            
e driftin' awa

y

             
       Throw m

             
e a rope,   On

             
 the rolling t


ide
            
       What di

           
d you want me 

           
to be,     You

           
 said it's him

    
 or me
            
       The way

             
 you made it, 

              
      That's t

              
he way it will

       
 be
            
       The way

          
 you made it, 

          
      That's t

              
he way it will

       
 be

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