Chords
The What It Was

Key: E

Introduction:

E                                                      C#m                      G#m         A  B  
  I drove through the desert last night
E                                    C#m                                      G#m      A  B  
  I carried the weight of our last fight
E                                                                         C#m                              G#m  
Elvis singing 'don’t be cruel’ and I wonder if you feel it too.
             A                      B  
It’s like we’re going under
C#m                                                            F#m                                                                 G#m  
          Somewhere outside the lonely Esmeralda County line
                                                        A                                                 B  
The question of my heart came to my mind
A                              E  
If I go on with you by my side
                C#m              B                                        A  
Can it be the way it was when we met?
                          E                                                      B  
Did you forget all about those golden nights?
E                 C#m                                            G#m         A  B  
  Maybe a thief stole your heart
E                              B                              C#m  
  or maybe we just drifted apart
A                         B              E                              C#m  
I remember driving in my daddy’s car to the airfield
G#m                                              A                                            B  
Blanket on the hood, backs against the windshield
C#m                                                            F#m                                                                                         G#m  
        Back then this thing was running on momentum, love and trust
                                             A                                            B  
That paradise is buried in the dust
A                              E  
If I go on with you by my side
                  C#m              B                                        A  
Can it be the way it was when we met?
                          E                                                      B  
Did you forget all about those golden nights?
(The way it was, it was.)
F#m                                                                      C#m              G#m  
All of our plans are falling through
F#m                                                                              B  
Sometimes a dream, it don’t come true
 A    C#m    B)  
 A    E    B)  
          A            E  
Darling darling
                                                                                  C#m              B                                        A  
(If we go on can it be) Can it be the way it was when we met?
                          E                                                      B  
Did you forget all about them golden nights?
                     A                    E  
If I go on with you by my side
                  C#m              B  
Can it be the way it was
                                     A                                         E  
My heart is true, girl, it's just you
                                  B                                                                      E  
I'm thinking of, Can it be the way it was?
 C#m    G#m    A    B)  
E                      C#m                                    G#m    A    B  
  (Maybe a thief stole your heart)
 E    C#m    G#m    A    B)  
 E    C#m    G#m    A    B)