| (verse 1) |
| Am | - | B7 | |
| Lonely table just for | one |
| Em | |
| In a bright and crowded | room |
| Am | - | B7 | |
| While the music has be | gun |
| Em | |
| I drink to memories in the gl | oom |
| Am | - | B7 | |
| Though the music's still the s | ame |
| E | |
| It has a bittersweet ref | rain |
| (chorus) |
| E | B7 | |
| So p | lay the song the way it used to | be |
| E | |
| Before she left and changed it all to s | adness |
| A | E | |
| And ma | ybe if she's passing by the wi | ndow |
| B7 | |
| She will hear a l | ove song |
| E | |
| And a me | lody |
| A | E | |
| And e | ven if the words are not so te | nder |
| B7 | |
| She will always re | member |
| E | - | B7 | - | Em | |
| The way it used to | be |
| (verse 2) |
| Friends stop by and say hello |
| And I laugh and hide the pain |
| It's quite easy 'til they go |
| Then the song begins again |
| (chorus) |
| E | B7 | |
| So p | lay the song the way it used to | be |
| E | |
| Before she left and changed it all to s | adness |
| A | E | |
| And ma | ybe if she's passing by the wi | ndow |
| B7 | |
| She will hear a l | ove song |
| E | |
| And a me | lody |
| A | E | |
| And e | ven if the words are not so te | nder |
| B7 | |
| She will always re | member |
| E | - | B7 | - | Em | |
| The way it used to | be |