Werbung entfernenTHE WAY THAT IT WAS (ODE TO A SMALL TOWN)
As recorded by Wicker Suite
(2025 release)
Capo 5th fret
[Intro]
C G/B Am G
F C/E Dm G
C G/B Am G
F G
[Verse 1]
CThe man at the bus stop, in his old faded coat
Dm C/E FI see him on Tuesdays on Worradree Road
C G/B Am GJust after smoko, he sits there and waits
Dm C/E F G FTakes the bus not the taxi cos the driver's his mate
[Verrse 2]
C G/B Am GIt's his weekly parade to the town's RSL
Dm C/E FThey won't let him walk cos that one time he fell
C G/B Am GAnd he hasn't a license cos they won't let him drive
Dm C/E FBut he don't need ID they just wave him inside
[Verse 3]
C G/B Am GPast the flame of remembrance and the medals display
Dm C/E FAnd the screens playing Keno to an empty buffet
C G/B Am GHe'll be having the usual, don't need to be told
Dm C/E F GAnd he'll sail through to sundown on a schooner of Gold
[Chorus]
COn the way, through today
F C/E Dm7In the love, and the loss
G C G/B Am CAnd the way that it is
F G CTurns into the way that it was
[Instrumental Break]
G/B Am G F
C/E Dm7 G C
G/B Am G F
G
[Verse 4]
CWell he’d see Geraldine when they'd come for the shows
Dm C/E FBack in the day when they'd stop for the Ode
C G/B Am CThey bought a three bedder and in the blink of an eye
Dm C/E FHe kissed Geraldine her final goodbye
[Verse 5]
C G/B Am CHe worked as a firey, odd jobs on the side
Dm7 C/E FRaised in the day when the menfolk provide
C G/B Am GWell he lives all alone now in the grey fibro house
Dm7 C/E FAnd he says, when I'm done they can carry me out
[Verse 6]
C G Am GMurray's is shut it was cheaper than Coles
Dm7 C/E FBut the newcomers favour the new over old
C G/B Am GThere are brick boxes popping up all over town
Dm7 C/E F GHe watches them pulling his memories down
[Chorus]
COn the way, through today
F C/E Dm7In the love, and the loss
G C G/B Am CAnd the way that it is
F G/B CTurns into the way that it was
[Bridge]
F C GMaybe it's progress, maybe it's death
F Am GMaybe we just don't know what it is yet
F C GMaybe that yarn with the old bloke you met
Am G F GMight help this little town not to forget
[Chorus]
COn the way, through today
F C/E Dm7In the love, and the loss
G C G/B Am CAnd the way that it is
F G C G/B Am7Turns into the way that it was
C G F C/E Dm7 GOh the way that it was
[Outro]
C/E Dm7 G C G/B
Am C F G C
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