This Is How It Goes

Missy Higgins

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This Is How It Goes

Written by Missy Higgins

Key: Am

This Is How It Goes Key EmEm

This Is How It Goes Key FmFm

This Is How It Goes Key F#mF#m

This Is How It Goes Key GmGm(one step down)

This Is How It Goes Key G#mG#m(half step down)

This Is How It Goes Key AmAm(original key)

This Is How It Goes Key A#mA#m(half step up)

This Is How It Goes Key BmBm(one step up)

This Is How It Goes Key CmCm

This Is How It Goes Key C#mC#m

This Is How It Goes Key DmDm

This Is How It Goes Key D#mD#m

Capo on 3rd fret

	  		Transcribed by Damian Smith ([email protected]) 
 
Notes: this song is on piano with a few faint lead guitar riffs in C minor. I've roughly tabbed the main piano part, the rest I've just done as chords. For simplicity, I've used a capo, with all chords are relative to the capo. 
 
INTRO: 
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 Piano (on guitar, ) 
         Am              G               F                            x2 
e|-----|------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-----|--------1---------------3---------------1~------------------| 
G|-----|--------2---------------0---------------2~----2--2-2--------| 
D|-----|------2---2-----------0---0-----------3---------------------| 
A|-----|-0--0--------0----------------------------------------------| 
E|-----|-----------------3--3--------3---1--1-----------------0h1h3-| 
 
Lead guitar (w/ effects, no capo) 
e|-----|-8~~--------------------------------------------------------| 
B|-8~~-|-----------------------------8~~----------------------------| 
G|-----|------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-----|---------------------------------10~~-----------------------| 
A|-----|------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-----|------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
 
 
VERSE 1: 
Am           G                  F 
  Suddenly I can't stay in this room. 
             Am                       G               F 
You'll never sway, and I have nothing left that I can think of to say. 
Am                    G              F 
  What do you want me to think of my thought? 
           Am                  G                      F 
Bear it in mind, if I cannot believe in me who will I then be? 
 
PRE-CHORUS: 
 Dm                             E           F             G 
    And so I'll run but not too far, incase you chase me, oh... 
 
CHORUS: 
Am     C              G     Am 
   But this is how it goes, baby. 
Am          C             G                 Am 
   I'll get angry at your words and I'll go home 
Am     C              G       Am Am            C               G 
   And you won't call after me    'cos I'll be back before you know, you know... 
 
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 INTERLUDE x2 
Lead guitar (w/ effects, no capo) 
e|---------8-----10--11----10--8---| 
B|------8--------------------------| 
G|---------------------------------| 
D|-10------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------|
 
 
VERSE 2: 
Am             G                  F 
  So give me a tooth full of that smile, 
                Am 
and know-it-all eyes you show me  
        G                            F 
just to prove that you don't need to lose it. 
Am                   G             F 
You tell me I'm your fortress of desire 
            Am                     G 
but is it a crime for me to say my own view 
                     F 
and want then not to fear you? 
 
PRE-CHORUS: 
 Dm                             E           F             G 
    And so I'll run but not too far, incase you chase me, oh... 
 
CHORUS: 
{over chorus, lead guitar plays this note: D|-10-| with a certain rhythm, listen to track) 
Am     C              G     Am 
   But this is how it goes, baby. 
Am          C             G                 Am 
   I'll get angry at your words and I'll go home 
Am     C              G       Am Am            C               G                Am 
   And you won't call after me    'cos I'll be back before you know, you know... 
Am              C               G (hold) 
   yeah I'll be back before you know... 
 
 
PIANO SOLO 
(Am G F G   Am G F G  Am G F) 
La di da di da...........  
 
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 + Lead guitar (w/ effects, no capo) 
e|-----------10--10-10-11-10-8--(8)-(8)-----------------------| 
B|--9b--8-----------------------------------------------------| 
G|------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
PRE-CHORUS 
            Dm              E     (single strums) 
And so I'll run but not too far... 
 
(Am G F G x1) 
 
CHORUS 
Am     C              G     Am 
   But this is how it goes, baby. 
Am          C             G                 Am 
   I'll get angry at your words and I'll go home 
Am     C              G       Am Am            C               G                Am 
   And you won't call after me    'cos I'll be back before you know, you know... 
Am              C               G (hold) 
   yeah I'll be back before you know... 
Dm                             E 
   and so I'll run but not too far...

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