Is This The Way

Duration

3:47

Genres

New Folk

Description

Lyrics

Is This The Way? Tempo 115 Key of Am (C) Intro 1 Bar (Am) (Am) He woke up this morning and couldn’t get (Cmaj7) out of his (F) bed (Am) There was something wrong in(Cmaj7)side his (F) head He said, “My (G) legs can’t move, won’t (Em) carry (Am) me, Is (G) this the way my (F) life was (Em7) meant to (Am) be?” (Am) At forty-one, he lost his (Cmaj7) only (F) son (Am) Sees his daughter sometimes, he’s got (Cmaj7) no grand(F)son (G) He lost his youngest child when she was (Em) only (Am) three He said “Is (G) this the way my (F) life was (Em7) meant to (Am) be?” Bridge Well he (Dm) tried suicide but the doctors brought him a(Cmaj7)round Now he (Dm) can’t get up, put his feet back on the (Cmaj7) ground Folks look (G) after him, say he may be in(Am)sane On (G) many days, he can’t re(F)member his own (Am) name (Am) His wife comes round, she seems (Cmaj7) really a(F)fraid Perhaps he’s (Am) scared her off with the choices (Cmaj7) that he’s (F) made He says “I (G) suffer from some gross de(Em)formi(Am)ty Is (G) this the way my (F) life was (Em7) meant to (Am) be?” Bridge Well he (Dm) tried suicide but the doctors brought him a(Cmaj7)round Now he (Dm) can’t get up, put his feet back on the (Cmaj7) ground Folks look (G) after him, say he may be in(Am)sane On (G) many days, he can’t re(F)member his own (Am) name (Am) He says so much pain has grown in(Cmaj7)side of (F) me I wish (Am) death would come and (Cmaj7) set me (F) free (G) My legs can’t move, won’t (Cmaj7) carry (Am) me (G) Is this the way my (F) life was (Em7) meant to (Am) be? (G) Is this the way my (F) life was (Em7) meant to (Am) be? (G) Is this the way my (F) life was (Em7) meant to (Am) be? © Smokin Joe Wiseman 2006 SOCAN/ASCAP