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Hello  there  Cowpie  friends.  I'm  not  sure  if there's a X-mas Issue
coming  out  but if there is, you might like a bit of borderline-country
with  a  certain X-mas feel to it. At least that's how I'd describe this
excellent  song.
Either  my  guitar is off tune or Jim played this in C#. I'm doing it in
C  for  easy  reference,  but if you wish to play it in C# put a capo on
fret  1.  Playing  it  exactly as Croce does would be quite a challenge,
but I'm using a simple picking pattern on the open chords.
So,  y'all  have  a nice Christmas, and if you have some making up to do
to  your love, this one will absolutely do the trick - and possibly more
than that - none of which I shall be held responsible for :)

It Doesn't Have To Be That Way - Jim Croce

(CAPO on 1)

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Snowy nights and christmas lights, icy window pane,
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make me wish that we could be together again.
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And the windy winter aven-ues, just don't seem the same,
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and the Christmas carols sound like blues,
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but the choir is not to blame.

Chorus:
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But it doesn't have to be that way,
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what we had should never have ended.
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I'll be dropping by today;
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we could easily get it together tonight.... it's only right.

Crowded stores that ...(*) Santa Claus, tinseled afternoons,
and the side walk bands play their songs, slightly out of tune.
On the windy winter avenues, there walks a lonely man
and if I told you who he is
well I think you'd understand.

Chorus
Chorus

(*)  I've listened to this piece over and over again, but I can't figure
out what he's singin here. But then again I'm foreign :)