Will Hoge - Doesnt have to be that way

There's a ^Bm7storm brewing out on the ^Aopen sea^{Bm7 A Bm7}Sweeping its way here to ^Ayou and me ^{Bm7 A}

But all the ^Bmlights are out and the streets are ^Adark And there's a ^Bmsoul without a fire trying to ^Afind a spark

And this ^Bmheartbreak season it's ^Aleaving its mark on ^Eme

But it doesn't have to be that ^Bway ^{D E} It's not the way that it has to ^Bbe ^{D E}

It's coming over the walls and I'm ^Bdrowning in it ^Dcan't you se^Ee It's not the way that it has to b^Be ^E

Doesn't have to be that ^Bway ^A VERSE 2 Black night sitting heavy all around I got a mind full of heartaches and hand me downs I got a freight train screaming inside my head That says you can't find love in a stranger's bed And my mouth is full of all the words that I wish I had said

^DIt's s^Ao much ^Gharder now ^DThat the blues ^Askies have gone ^Gaway

^DI wi^Ash I ^Ghad just one more ^F#Mday ^{Em Dm A} Whiskey like water flowing down a drain And I'm wasted as a candle in a hurricane But you can't stop something that's this far gone Goodbyes are easier than I was wrongs And suicide ain't a matter of degree