It Doesnt Have To Be That Way Chords

by Jim Croce
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
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1 contributor total, last edit on Aug 23, 2021

Chords

C
Cmaj7
C6
F
Em
Dm7
G7
D7
Dm

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[Verse]
 
C       Cmaj7            C6     C
  Snowy nights and Christmas lights,
F     Em           Dm7   G7
  Icy window panes,
C         Cmaj7     C6       C    D7
  Make me wish that we could be
D7             G7
  Together again
 
          C     Cmaj7  C6  C
  And the windy winter avenues
F            Em          Dm7
  Just don't seem the same,
G7        C         Cmaj7  C6         C
  And the Christmas carols sound like blues,
          F        G7        C
  But the choir is not to blame
 
 
[Chorus]
 
  G7     C               F         Em
  But it doesn't have to be that way
F         Em         F  Em F    Em C
  What we had should never have ended
                    F     Em
  I'll be dropping by today
F                Em     F   Em F        Dm C  D7
 'Cause we could easily get it together tonight
G7             C           G7
  It's only right
 
 
[Verse]
 
C         Cmaj7       C6        C
  Crowded stores, the corner Santa Claus,
F          Em            G7
  Tinseled afternoons,
          C        Cmaj7      C6           C      D7
  And the sidewalk bands that play their songs
                     G7
  Slightly out of tune
 
         C      Cmaj7 C6  C
  On the windy winter avenues
F               Em        Dm7     G7
  There walks a lonely man,
      C    Cmaj7    C6      C
  And if I told you who he is,
         F           G7       C
  Well I think you'd understand
 
 
(Chorus x2)
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3 comments
bugaroo2005
a much simpler and easier version of the chorus would be: G7 C F Em C But it doesn't have to be that way F Em F C What we had should never have ended F Em C I'll be dropping by today F Em F Em Dm G7 'Cause we could easily get it together tonight C G7 It's only right apart from that, pretty easy chords!. can't speak to 100% accuracy though as I'm playing from memory.
+1