Intro: C G E F  E Ab G 

#1  
C                    Em7  Dm7 
It's strange, I know      but that's the way  
   G   Am7 
it goes  
C                    Em7  Dm7          D 
Leaving you this way      I'm sorry to say, that  
   C        F      C      F     G      C 
my love has faded, faded away  (faded away ) 

#2  
C                               Am7 
It happened while you were gone      you stayed  
         D    Am7 D 
away too long  
C                              Am 
You didn't write or even call  I thought you  

didn't care at all  
C                        Am7 
I was sad as I could be, when fate brought this  

fella to me  
C        G     C                    Am7  
But, oh, how I tried to resist him (oh, how I  

tried to resist him ) 
C                       Am7 
But my heart told me to keep him (but my heart told  

me to keep him ) 

#3  
C                    Em7  Dm7 
It's strange, I know      but that's the way  
   G   Am7 
it goes  
C                    Em7  Dm7          D 
Leaving you this way      I'm sorry to say  
C                  Am7           C 
When you get home, I'll be gone  asked my papa for  
     Am7                       C 
your letter that I put aside  (ooooo) 
Am7                 C       Am7 
When you finish the letter, I'll be Eddie's bride  

OUTRO: 
C                      Em7            Dm7 
It's strange, I know  (it's strange I know)  but  
                  G      Am7               C 
that's the way it goes  (that's the way it goes ) 
C                      Em7            Dm7 
Leaving you this way  (it's strange I know)  but  
                  G      Am7               C 
that's the way it goes  (that's the way it goes ) 
C                      Em7            Dm7 
It's strange, I know  (it's strange I know)  but  
                           G 
that's the way, that's the way, that's the way,  
           C                     Em7        Dm7 
that's the way it goes  oh, it's strange, I know  (Fade ) 


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