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Doesn't Have To Be This Way

Alison Krauss

FolkAdvanced for beginners7 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

G
D××
Em
C×
DsusDiagram coming soon
BDiagram coming soon
F#Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Capo on 4th fret
              Alison Krauss:  
Doesn't Have To Be This Way 
 
  
 
Tabbed by: Emrldeyzs 
 
VERSE: 
 
G                  D                        
Sometimes I wonder where you?re coming from when you  
Em                           C 
Roll in like thunder just to turn around and run? 
       G                              D    Dsus D      
It?s a good thing I don?t need you to stay 
 
VERSE: 
G                            D     
You smell like moonlight and early morning rain 
Em                   C               
Pray tell a fool but surrender to your pain 
G                       D    Dsus  D 
Or find a cure for your decay 
 
C                           Em/B 
You?re at your best with an ache in your chest 
         D            D/F#          C 
And that worn out old song that you play 
Em/B           D 
Only Jesus and you who long to teach us  
       C                
Should know and be left to betray. 
 
VERSE: 
 
G                           D 
I don?t know the answer but I know who to blame  
        Em                   C         
You can choose the dancer if you could choose the flame 
  G                                    D  Dsus D   
I think you?ll find they?re one in the same 
   D/F#                    Em 
It doesn?t have to be this way 
 
 
BREAK: G  D  Em  C  G  D  Dsus D 2x 
 
CHORUS: 
 
C                           Em/B 
You?re at your best with an ache in your chest 
         D            D/F#          C 
And that worn out old song that you play 
Em/B           D 
Only Jesus and you who long to teach us  
       C                
Should know and be left to betray. 
 
VERSE: 
 
G                             D 
I don?t know the answer but I know who to blame  
Em                   C               
Pray tell a fool but surrender to your pain 
       G                              D    Dsus D      
It?s a good thing I don?t need you to stay 
 
BREAK: C  Em/B  D  C  Em/B  D  C  
 
VERSE: 
 
G                  D                        
Sometimes I wonder where you?re coming from when you  
Em                           C 
Roll in like thunder just to turn around and run? 
       G                              D    Dsus D      
It?s a good thing I don?t need you to stay 
   D/F#                    Em 
It doesn?t have to be this way 
 
 
 
          
 

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Chord set

G · D · Em · C · Dsus · B · F#

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.