The Way I Should Chords

Capo 4th fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

C D G G C D G G

GA cold wind against my shoulder Dwoke me up in the middle of the Gnight

 An Emautumn leaf was scraping against my window

 Like it was tryin' hard to get inGside

 And then a Cghost that I had met before he Dkept me up till dawn

 And Geverything I thought was right was Csuddenly all wrong

 He said "your Dscore is looking pretty bad"

 Then he asked me what it was that I had to Gshow

GSo I went runnin' down a list of things

DSome were real, but on some of them I Glied

 'Cause I Emfelt I had to justify each breath that

 I'd been breathin' in thisG life

 Then I Crealized I was playing into Dsomeone else's rules

GTryin' to keep my score up in a Cgame I did not choose

 Then I Dlooked that ghost straight in the eye and said

 "You'd better not be coming back by Gagain"

GAnd it's true that I don't Cwork near as hard

 As you Dtell me that I'm supposed to

G I don't run as fast as I Ccould

 But I live just the way I Dwant to

 And that's the way I Gshould

Instrumental

C D G C C D G G

GOctober's leaves were dancin' 'round

 Like Dangels dressed in robes of red and Ggold

 But EmNovember's come and gone now

 And they're lyin' in the gutter out along the Groad

 They're gonna Cmake their way out to the ditch or Dsomeday to the sea

 But they'll Gget to where they're goin' without the Chelp of you or me

 And if each Dlife is just a grain of sand

 I'm tellin' you man, this grain of sand is Gmine

GAnd it's true that I don't Cwork near as hard

 As you Dtell me that I'm supposed to

G I don't run as fast as I Ccould

 But I live just the way I Dwant to

 And that's the way I Gshould

 But CI live just the way I Dwant to

 And that's the way I Gshould

[Outro. Repeat To Fade]

C D G G

Chords:

C = X32010

D = XX0232

Em = 022000

G = 320033