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Thats the Way Love Goes

Merle Haggard
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Song

That's The Way Love Goes

Merle Haggard

Tab by:omanyen@fusemail.com

INTRO:

--12-------------------------|-12--------------------------|
--9-----------10--9----------|-9-----------10--9-----------|
--9---9---11----------11--9--|-9---9---11----------11--9---|
--9--------------------------|-9---------------------------|
--11--11--11--11--11--11--11-|-11--11--11--11--11--11--11--|
-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
--------0-------------0------0--------------0--|
-----------0-------------0---0--------------0--|
-----1-------------1---------1----2--4--6---1--|
-----------------------------2--------------2--|
---------------2-------------2----0--2--4---2--|
--0--------------------------0--------------0--|

1st VERSE:

E B

I've been throwing horse-shoes,

A B

over my left shoulder,

A E

I've spent, most all my life,

F# B7

searching for that four-leaf clover.

E B

Then you came with me,

A B

chasing my rainbows,

A E

Honey, I love you too,

B7

and that's the way love goes.

/=slide up

---------------------------------0--|
--7/9---7--9--10--9--------------0--|
-----------------------2--4--6---1--|
--7/9---7--9--9---9--------------2--|
-----------------------0--2--4---2--|
---------------------------------0--|

CHORUS:

E B

That's the way love goes babe,

A B

that's the music God made,

A E

for all the world to see,

F# B7

it's never old, it gro--0--0--ows.

E B

Losing makes me sorry

A B

You say honey don't worry

A E

Don't you know I love you too,

B7 E

and that's the way love goes.

LEAD:h=hammer r=rake(pull-off) /=slide up \=slide down b=bend

b*=bend twice b#=bend three times v=vibrate

-------7-7---------------|---------------------------|
--5/9-------9v---7-5-7b*-|-------5-5--7-5-------7-7--|
-------------------------|--4/6------------6/8-------|
-------------------------|---------------------------|
-------------------------|---------------------------|
-------------------------|---------------------------|
-----------------------------------------|
-----------5-5-----7/9-----------5-5-----|
--4-4-4h6-------6-------4-4-4h6-------6v-|
-----------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------|

x=muff b^=pick with already bent, then release

------------------------------|
--7-5-7v-x-5-7-5-7-7-5-7b^--5-|
--x---------------------------|
--x---------------------------|
--x---------------------------|
--x---------------------------|
-------7-7-----------------|--------------------------7-----7--7-6-5-|
--5/9-------9\7--5-7-5-7b#-|------5-5-7-5----5/7-7-7----7------7-6-5-|
---------------------------|--4h6---------6--6/8-8-8------8----8-7-6-|
---------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
---------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
---------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
----------------------7------------------------------------------------|
--5--7r5---5--7--7/9-----9\7--5-7r5---5-7------------------------------|
---------6--------------------------6-----4h6-4------------4---------1-|
------------------------------------------------4h6-4--4h6----4h6-4--2-|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

( CHORUS ) then end the song with intro.

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