Ain't That The Way It Always Ends(Chords)

	        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    
  
 

	        

Written by Skip Ewing/Don Sampson