Carly Simon - Thats the way ive always heard it should be

^BmMy father sits at night with n^Go lights on ^BmHis cigarette glows in the dar^Gk ^Dm7The living room is still ^Cmaj7I walk by, no rem^Am7ark ^{G Bm}I tiptoe past the master be^Gdroom where ^BmMy mother reads her magazin^Ges ^BmI hear her call sweet dream^Gs ^Cmaj7But I forgot how ^Am7to dream ^G

^FBut you say it's time we mo^Emved in together ^Dm7And raised a family of our o^Cmaj7wn, you and me ^FWell, that's the way I've always h^Emeard it should be ^DYou want to marry me, we'll marry

^BmMy friends from college they'r^Ge all married now ^BmThey have their houses and the^Gir lawns ^Dm7They have their silent noons ^BmTearful nights, angry dawns^{G Bm}Their children hate them fo^Gr the things they're not ^BmThey hate themselves for wh^Gat they are ^BmAnd yet they drink, they la^Gugh ^Cmaj7Close the wound, ^Am7hide the scars ^G

^FBut you say it's time we mo^Emved in together ^Dm7And raised a family of our o^Cmaj7wn, you and me ^FWell, that's the way I've always h^Emeard it should be ^DYou want to marry me, we'll marry

^BmYou say we can keep our love a^Glive ^BmBabe, all I know is what I see^{G Dm7}The couples cling and claw ^Cmaj7And drown in love^Am7's debris ^{G Bm}You say we'll soar like two^G birds through the clouds ^BmBut soon you'll cage me on ^Gyour shelf ^BmI'll never learn to be just^G me first ^Cmaj7By myself ^{Am7 G}

^FWell O.K., it's time we moved ^Emin together ^Dm7And raised a family of our o^Cmaj7wn, you and me ^FWell, that's the way I've always h^Emeard it should be ^DYou want to marry me, we'll marry ^DWe'll marry