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.)