Dar Williams - The easy way

^CI knew a guy, I ^Fthought he was my first love But he ^Chad to decide be^Ftween me and the one before And she ^Cstacked it all up, ^Flike a house of cards Said, if he ^Cdidn't come back, he'd find her ^Fflattened on the floor And though I ^Dmwent and lived in my own Hell ^FThought that I could die as well I ^Dmlet him go where he thought he had to ^Fgo

'Cause ^CI never took ^F Heavy words for granted And ^CI never took ^F

No, I ^Amnever took the ^Feasy way So why don't you ^Dmtake it a little easy on me ^Fnow

^COut on the road, I ^Fhad so many questions That I thought ^CI could explode ^Fjust for some attention Like an ^Cacolyte, I saw the ^Fflames of towering tapers Almost ^Cproselytised by those ^Fgleaming piles of papers Yeah, I ^Dmwatched the power huddles And their ^Fcoats draped over puddles And their, ?^Dm??Trust me, baby, I'm the one yo^Fu need.”

But ^CI never took ^F Heavy words for granted And ^CI never took ^F

No, I ^Amnever took the ^Feasy way So why don't you ^Dmtake it a little easy on me ^Fnow

We don't ^Amwant to be the ones who ^Flie and cheat and ^Cslander So we ^Amhold each other up t^Fo the higher ^Cstandard But I'll ^Amtell you what, I never ^Ftry to make it ^Chard 'Cause when you're ^Dmhard just to be hard The only ^Fthing that's hard is you

So ^Chere's what I took, I ^Fkept the wine and laughter Until ^Cevery path just ^Fgrew up and ever after Through the ^Dmpeaks and twisty canyons, I made ^Fmany great companions Best of ^Dmall, is the one who loves me like you ^Fdo

But ^CI never took ^F Heavy words for granted And ^CI never took ^F

No, I ^Amnever took the ^Feasy way So why don't you ^Dmtake it a little easy on me ^Fnow

'Cause ^CI never took ^F Heavy words for granted And it's ^Cmuch too late To ^Feven want the shortcut Yeah, I ^Amnever took the ^Feasy way So why don't you ^Dmtake it a little easy on me ^Fnow Because we know that ^Dmeasy's never easy any^Fhow ^C