The Way It Goes Uke tab by Gillian Welch

[Verse 1]

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Becky Johnson bought the farm
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Put a needle in her arm
           B7
That's the way that it goes 
           Em
That's the way

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And her brother laid her down
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In the cold Kentucky ground
           B7
That's the way that it goes
           Em
That's the way



[Chorus]

           G           Em
That's the way that it goes
     C                         G         D
Everybody's buying little baby clothes
           G           Em
That's the way that it ends
             C               B7         
Though there was a time when she and I 
     Em
were friends


[Verse 2]

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Well, Miranda ran away
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Took her cat and left LA
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That's the way that it goes 
           Em
That's the way

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She was busted, broke and flat
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Had to sell that pussy cat
           B7
That's the way that it goes 
           Em
That's the way


[Chorus]

           G           Em
That's the way that it goes
     C                         G         D
Everybody's buying little baby clothes
           G           Em
That's the way that it ends
             C               B7            
Though there was a time when he and I were
  Em
friends


[Verse 3]

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See the brightest ones of all
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Early in October fall
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That's the way that it goes 
           Em
That's the way

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While the dark ones go to bed
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With good whiskey in their head
           B7
That's the way that it goes 
           Em
That's the way

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Now Billy Joe's back in the tank
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You tell Musso, I'll tell Frank
           B7
That's the way that it goes 
           Em
That's the way

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Did he throw her down a well?
Em
Did she leave him for that swell?
           B7
That's the way that it goes 
           Em
That's the way


[Chorus]

           G           Em
That's the way that it goes
     C                         G         D
Everybody's buying little baby clothes
           G           Em
That's the way that it ends
             C               B7         
Though there was a time when all of us 
     Em
were friends


[Verse]

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When you lay me down to rest
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Leave a pistol in my vest
           B7
That's the way that it goes 
           Em
That's the way

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Do you miss my gentle touch?
Em
Did I hurt you very much?
           B7
That's the way that it goes 
           Em
That's the way


[Chorus]

           G           Em
That's the way that it goes
     C                         G         D
Everybody's buying little baby clothes
           G           Em
That's the way that it ends
             C               B7         
Though there was a time when you and I 
     Em
were friends