doesnt have to be that way — текст песни (Holiday)

Date: 11/29/96; 5:54:51 PM
From: Bo
Subject: Re: Dutch Newton user group


Hello there Cowpie friends. I`m not sure if there`s a X-mas Issue
coming out but if there is, you might like a bit of borderline-country
with a certain X-mas feel to it. At least that`s how I`d describe this
excellent song.
Either my guitar is off tune or Jim played this in C. I`m doing it in
C for easy reference, but if you wish to play it in C put a capo on
fret 1. Playing it exactly as Croce does would be quite a challenge,
but I`m using a simple picking pattern on the open chords.
So, y`all have a nice Christmas, and if you have some making up to do
to your love, this one will absolutely do the trick - and possibly more
than that - none of which I shall be held responsible for :)


It Doesn`t Have To Be That Way - Jim Croce
tabbed by Bo (bo@ebony.iaehv.nl)

(CAPO on 1)

C Em/B Am C/G F Em C
Snowy nights and christmas lights, icy window pane,
C Em/B Am C/G D7 G
make me wish that we could be together again.
C Em/B Am C/G F Em C
And the windy winter aven-ues, just don`t seem the same,
C Em/B Am C/G
and the Christmas carols sound like blues,
F G7 C
but the choir is not to blame.

Chorus:
C Em/B Am C/G F Em
But it doesn`t have to be that way,
F Em F C
what we had should never have ended.
C Em/B Am C/G F Em
I`ll be dropping by today;
F Em F C D7 G C G F C G
we could easily get it together tonight.... it`s only right.


Crowded stores that ...(*) Santa Claus, tinseled afternoons,
and the side walk bands play their songs, slightly out of tune.
On the windy winter avenues, there walks a lonely man
and if I told you who he is
well I think you`d understand.

Chorus
Chorus

(*) I`ve listened to this piece over and over again, but I can`t figure
out what he`s singin here. But then again I`m foreign :)