INTRO: C G E F..E Ab G
#1.
[C]It's strange, I know.[Em7].....[Dm7]but that's the way
it [G]goes[Am7].
[C]Leaving you this way.[Em7].....[Dm7]I'm sorry to [D]say, that
my [C]love has [F]faded, [C]faded a[F]way..([G]faded a[C]way.)
#2.
[C]It happened while you were gone.[Am7].....you stayed
away too [D]long.[Am7][D]
[C]You didn't write or even call..[Am]I thought you
didn't care at all.
[C]I was sad as I could be, [Am7]when fate brought this
fella to me.
[C]But, oh, [G]how I [C]tried to resist him ([Am7]oh, how I
tried to resist him.)
[C]But my heart told me to [Am7]keep him (but my heart told
me to keep him.)
#3.
[C]It's strange, I know.[Em7].....[Dm7]but that's the way
it [G]goes[Am7].
[C]Leaving you this way.[Em7].....[Dm7]I'm sorry to [D]say.
[C]When you get home, [Am7]I'll be gone..[C]asked my papa for
your [Am7]letter that I put aside. ([C]ooooo)
[Am7]When you finish the [C]letter, [Am7]I'll be Eddie's bride.
OUTRO:
[C]It's strange, I know..([Em7]it's strange I [Dm7]know)..but
that's the way it [G]goes..([Am7]that's the way it [C]goes.)
[C]Leaving you this way..([Em7]it's strange I [Dm7]know)..but
that's the way it [G]goes..([Am7]that's the way it [C]goes.)
[C]It's strange, I know..([Em7]it's strange I [Dm7]know)..but
that's the way, that's the [G]way, that's the way,
that's the [C]way it goes..oh, it's [Em7]strange, I [Dm7]know..(Fade.)
#1.
[C]It's strange, I know.[Em7].....[Dm7]but that's the way
it [G]goes[Am7].
[C]Leaving you this way.[Em7].....[Dm7]I'm sorry to [D]say, that
my [C]love has [F]faded, [C]faded a[F]way..([G]faded a[C]way.)
#2.
[C]It happened while you were gone.[Am7].....you stayed
away too [D]long.[Am7][D]
[C]You didn't write or even call..[Am]I thought you
didn't care at all.
[C]I was sad as I could be, [Am7]when fate brought this
fella to me.
[C]But, oh, [G]how I [C]tried to resist him ([Am7]oh, how I
tried to resist him.)
[C]But my heart told me to [Am7]keep him (but my heart told
me to keep him.)
#3.
[C]It's strange, I know.[Em7].....[Dm7]but that's the way
it [G]goes[Am7].
[C]Leaving you this way.[Em7].....[Dm7]I'm sorry to [D]say.
[C]When you get home, [Am7]I'll be gone..[C]asked my papa for
your [Am7]letter that I put aside. ([C]ooooo)
[Am7]When you finish the [C]letter, [Am7]I'll be Eddie's bride.
OUTRO:
[C]It's strange, I know..([Em7]it's strange I [Dm7]know)..but
that's the way it [G]goes..([Am7]that's the way it [C]goes.)
[C]Leaving you this way..([Em7]it's strange I [Dm7]know)..but
that's the way it [G]goes..([Am7]that's the way it [C]goes.)
[C]It's strange, I know..([Em7]it's strange I [Dm7]know)..but
that's the way, that's the [G]way, that's the way,
that's the [C]way it goes..oh, it's [Em7]strange, I [Dm7]know..(Fade.)
