Intro:  Eb 	Bb	Ab	Bb  (repeat)

Cm		Cm		G	
Do you remember once upon a time
	Fm/G	Cm
When you were mine
	Cm			G
The stars above were bright and new
		Fm/G
I pulled them down for you
	Fm(Cm?)	      G
Just when I fell in love again
	Fm(Cm?)		G	G
You said that ll good things must end

Cm	Bb			Eb	Cm/Bb
Baby, that’s just the way it is, Baby
Cm	Bb			Eb	Eb
Baby, that’s just the way it is, Baby

Cm		Cm		G
I’ve never had a hand for solitaire
	Fm/G 
It’s so unfair
Cm		  Cm		G
That I should have my chance and lose
	Fm/G  
I feel like I’ve been used 
	Fm(Cm?)			G
To help you through another night
	Fm(Cm?)			G	G
You’ve spelled it out in black and white

Cm	Bb			Eb Cm/Bb Cm Bb			Eb	Eb
Baby, that’s just the way it is, Baby / Baby, that’s just the way it is, Baby

Bridge:
Cm	G	Fm	G	Cm	G	Fm	G

Cm			Cm		G
The tides that once had carried you away
	Fm/G	Cm
Bring you back today
		Cm		G
Now time has washed away my pain
		Fm/G
You’ll find that things have changed
	F		G
And disappeared without a trace
	Ab			Bb
You can’t get back what you’ve erased

Cm	Bb			Eb Cm/Bb Cm Bb			Eb	Eb
Baby, that’s just the way it is, baby/ Baby, that’s just the way it is, baby

repeat chorus and/or intro until end