#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# The Way I Should - Written by Iris DeMent >From The Album "The Way I Should" - Iris DeMent ===================================================== Capo 4th Fret [Intro] C D G G C D G G G D G A cold wind against my shoulder woke me up in the middle of the night Em An autumn leaf was scraping against my window G Like it was tryin' hard to get inside C D And then a ghost that I had met before he kept me up till dawn G C And everything I thought was right was suddenly all wrong D He said "your score is looking pretty bad" G Then he asked me what it was that I had to show G So I went runnin' down a list of things D G Some were real, but on some of them I lied Em 'Cause I felt I had to justify each breath that G I'd been breathin' in this life C D Then I realized I was playing into someone else's rules G C Tryin' to keep my score up in a game I did not choose D Then I looked that ghost straight in the eye and said G "You'd better not be coming back by again" G C And it's true that I don't work near as hard D As you tell me that I'm supposed to G C I don't run as fast as I could D But I live just the way I want to G And that's the way I should [Instrumental] C D G C C D G G G October's leaves were dancin' 'round D G Like angels dressed in robes of red and gold Em But November's come and gone now G And they're lyin' in the gutter out along the road C D They're gonna make their way out to the ditch or someday to the sea G C But they'll get to where they're goin' without the help of you or me D And if each life is just a grain of sand G I'm tellin' you man, this grain of sand is mine G C And it's true that I don't work near as hard D As you tell me that I'm supposed to G C I don't run as fast as I could D But I live just the way I want to G And that's the way I should C D But I live just the way I want to G And that's the way I should [Outro. Repeat To Fade] C D G G Chords: C = X32010 D = XX0232 Em = 022000 G = 320033 Transcribed by Jim Sparrow - 5th Feb 1998 Email: KidLoops@aol.com