The Neal Morse Band

The Way It Had To Be

The Neal Morse Band


Tom: A

[Intro] D#
        G  G7  C  Am  G  D  G  C#
        D  C#m  G#m7  G
        C#m  F#7  C#m  F#7

C#m                     F#7
It might have been the maybe
C#m                     F#7
That crept inside my mind
F#m                     B4            C
It might have been the echoes of my heart
F#m                   B4     C
Sending shivers down my spine
C#m                      F#7
Soon you'll be pushin' daisies
C#m                 F#7
Then it'll be unclear
F#m                      B4            C
And it's too late for all your might have beens
F#m                     B4
And there's a reason you were here
C
Yeah, yeah

D7
There you are
C#m7
Free and feeling so sublime you
D7
Light up the dark
        A              E
Like sparks in summertime
D7
So much has changed
C#m7
The past has brought you here
           G#m7
Can't you see?
G
It's the way it had to be

[Solo] C#m7  F#  C#m7  F#7

C#m            F#7
Innocence and danger
C#m             F#7
Made you feel so alone
F#m                             B4             B
There you stood Inside the wreckage of your dreams
F#m                    B
Barely able to make it home

D7
There you are
C#m7
Free and feeling so sublime you
D7
Light up the dark
        A              E
Like sparks in summertime
D7
So much has changed
C#m7
And it's all part of how you got free
G
It's the way it had to be

( C#m7  F#7  C#m7  F# )

D         A
Open my eyes
           G
There's a moment you can know
    D
So far from here below
D             A
Leave this behind
     G#7(4)
And believe
         G#7
You've arrived You have arrived

( C#m7  F#7  C#m7  F#7 )
( F#m7  B  F#m7  B )

D
There you are
C#m7
Free and feeling so sublime you
D
Light up the dark
       E
Like sparks in summertime
D
So much has changed
C#m                                 G#m7  G7
And it's all part of you getting free
                          C#m7  F#7
It's the way it had to be
C#m7          F#
The way it had to be
C#m7             F#
It's the way it had to be
C#m7          F#
The way it had to be

[Final] C#m7  F#7  C#m7  F#7
        C#m7  F#7  C#m7  F#