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It Doesn't Have To Be That Way Jim Croce 1972 Written by Jim Croce Tabbed by Ray Scheidler <stingray12002@yahoo.com> C F Dm7 E------------------------1--------------------- G--1---------------------1---0--1--0----------- B------------------------2------------2--0----- D--2--3--2--0-----0--3---3--------------------- A--3-----------0---------3--------------------- E---------------------------------------------- C Cmaj7 C6 C Snowy nights and Christmas lights F Em Dm7 G7 Icy window panes C Cmaj7 C6 C D7 G7 Make me wish that we could be together again C Cmaj7 C6 C And the windy winter avenues F Em Dm7 G7 Just don't seem the same and the C Cmaj7 C6 C Christmas carols sound like blues F G7 C G7 But the choir is not to blame but it C F Em Doesn't have to be that way F Em F Em F Em C What we had should never have ended C F Em And I'll be dropping by today F Em F Em F C Dm C D7 G7 Cause we could easily get it together tonight C G7 E---------------------------------------------- B------------------1--------------------------- G------------------2---4---2---0--------------- D---------------2------5---3---2---3----------- A------------3---------------------5----------- E---------------------------------------------- It's only right C Cmaj7 C6 C Crowded stores the corner Santa Claus F Em Dm7 G7 Tinseled afternoons and the C Cmaj7 C6 C Sidewalk bands that play their songs D7 G7 Slightly out of tune C Cmaj7 C6 C On the windy winter avenues F Em Dm7 G7 There walks a lonely man C Cmaj7 C6 C And if I told you who he is F G7 C G7 Well I think you'd understand but it C F Em Doesn't have to be that way F Em F Em F Em C What we had should never have ended C F Em And I'll be dropping by today F Em F Em F C Dm C D7 G7 Cause we could easily get it together tonight C Dm7 E---------------------------------------------- B---------------------------------------------- G------------------0--------------------------- D---------------2------2-----3---0---2---3----- A-----------3---------------------------------- E---------------------------------------------- It's only right Em F G7 C E---------------------------------------------- B------------------------1----3-------(1)------ G--0-------0---------2---2----4---------------- D------2-------2-----3----------------(2)------ A-------------------------------------(3)------ E----------------------------------------------