AIN'T THAT THE WAY IT ALWAYS ENDS
Tim McGraw
(Skip Ewing / Don Sampson)
From the CD: Everywhere
Submitted by: Christopher R.
June 2, 2003

Capo IV Fret

Intro

(C) Johnny came (G) home (F) broken hearted
(C) Said he lost (G) his (F) girl
(C) He bottled up (G) all the (F) hurt in his heart
Punched a (Dm) hole in the wall of his (G) world 

(C) Now Betty she (G) was a (F) blonde haired beauty
(C) With an eye for a (G) man who (F) could spend
(C) She stole his (G) heart in a (F) pickup truck
And (Dm) drove off in her Mercedes (G) Benz
And he said

(F) Oh and she (C) looked so innocent
(F) Talkin' about bein' just (C) friends
Oh, (F) oh and it (C) don't make a bit of sense
(Dm) Ain't that the way it (F) always (G) ends   

Repeat Intro

(C) Karen (G) she had a (F) long time dream
And (C) only (G) one man (F) in her life
(C) He kept her (G) waitin' but (F) she didn't care
Cause (Dm) he promised he'd make her his (G) wife 

(C) Now Billy (G) he had a (F) good thing goin'
(C) But he let it (G) go to his (F) head
(C) He got (G) careless and (F) late one night
She (Dm) caught them both in her (G) bed
And she said

(F) Oh and she (C) looked so innocent
(F) Talkin' about bein' just (C) friends
Oh, (F) oh and it (C) don't make a bit of sense
(Dm) Ain't that the way it (F) always (G) ends   

Solo

(F) Oh it always (C) looks so innocent
(F) Talkin' about bein' just (C) friends
Oh, (F) oh and it (C) don't make a bit of sense
(Dm) Ain't that the way it (F) always (G) ends   

Repeat Intro

(Dm) Ain't that the way it (F) always (G) ends