G D G D G


[Verse 1]
C       G           D          G
It was easy back in our little town
C              G
No responsibility
C            G          D           G
We had the world in the palm of our hands
   C                      D
So young and wild and free


[Verse 2]
C       G            D          G
Young lovers we were gonna run away
        C                      Em
And our parents would never agree, and they said
C              G           D        G
That's not the way it's supposed to be
C              G           D        G
That's not the way it's supposed to be


[Break]
C G D G
C G D


[Verse 3]
C                G              D             G
Running down the highway in the middle of the night
C                  G
We surely had it made
C      G              D             G
Wasn't long before we had our first fight
C                D
Almost threw it away


[Verse 4]
C          G       D            G
I took one look at her point of view
         C                Em
I got so mad I couldn't see, and I said
C              G           D        G
That's not the way it's supposed to be
C              G           D        G
That's not the way it's supposed to be


[Chorus]
    C              D
Oh, talk to me and make it last
C                     G
Feels like we had to grow up fast
   C                    D
It scares me when life gets so real
C                          D
That's not the way it's supposed to feel


[Solo]
C G D G
C G
C G D G
C D
C G D G
C Em
C              G           D        G
That's not the way it's supposed to be
C              G           D        G   G
That's not the way it's supposed to be


[Verse 5]
C             G        D               G
Things don't always go like they're planned
C                  G
Some just disappear
C             G               D      G
We're still together in the shifting sand
C                  D
After all of these years, yeah


[Verse 6]
C      G             D          G
I can still kick and scream all night
C              Em
When we disagree, and I know, I know
C              G           D        G
That's not the way it's supposed to be
C              G           D        G
That's not the way it's supposed to be


[Chorus]
    C              D
Oh, talk to me and make it last
C                   G
Everybody's got to grow up fast
         C                    D
It still scares me when life gets so real
C                          D                  C  G
That's not the way it's supposed to feel, no


[Outro]
  D  G              C   G D
Mmm, that's not the way
               C    G       D        G
That's not the way, no, no, no, no, no
               C
That's not the way
       G                   D
That's not the way it's supposed to be
C G D G
C G D
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