The way it used to be    (intro)

 

    Em - Am - B7 - Em

 

     - - - - - - - - - - - - -    Am   - B7                                       Em

1. Lonely table just for one          in a bright and crowded room,

                                         Am  - B7                                           Em

    while the music has begun,        I drink to memories in the gloom.

     - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  Am    - B7                                    E

    Though the music's still the same,      it has a bittersweet refrain.

 

        E                                               B7

So play the song the way it used to be,

                                                          E

before she left and changed it all to sadness,

          A                                             E

and maybe if she's passing by the window,

                            B7                                 E

she will hear our love song and the melody.

         A                                          E

And even if the words are not so tender,

                               B7                                     E  - B7 - Em

she will always remember the way it used to be.

 

      - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Am  - B7

2. Friends stop by and say "Hello!"

                                                   Em

    Ha! And I laugh and hide the pain.

     - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  Am  - B7                                      E

    It's quite easy till they go,         then the song begins again.

 

                                                             B7      E

+ CHORUS    + la la la, la la la la, la la la - la la

 

(capo 4th)

 

    (Engelbert)