Sometimes it Be That Way

Jewel

Tom: G

      G                       D
   Night with its shattered teeth attempts to speak
    C                         G               *G*
   My pen is present but courage left via the sink
         G                             D
   And I'm sorry I snuck up on you from behind
       C                      G
   I'm sorry not all my love letters did rhyme
   D                              G
   And I'm sorry that Jesus died for my sins
        D                              G
   And I swear to God it won't happen again
     D                                                    D     C   C
   And I'm sorry if it was my swerve that tempted you to sway
     D              G             G
   Oh well, sometimes it be that way
  D                          C
   And Romeo was a very nice man
       G           G                    G          G
   He said "Jewel, I don't think you quite understand"
     D                                           C
   And I'm sorry if you had to explain it like this
          G                                       D
   I'm sorry I was a point you were destined to miss
        G                               D
   And I'm sorry I spoke to you irreverently
       G                                 D
   Down in the hollow by the old olive tree
       D                                         C         C
   And I'm sorry if my heart breaking ruined your day
     D  D      G               G
   Oh well, sometimes It be that way

   Chorus:
                 D/A            G
       I said "Oh well, I got nothing left to sell
                D/A                 G
       This love was a bell that rang unheard in the air
             D/A                 G               A         A
       I was bound to find out that you didn't care
        D     D         G          G
       Oh well, sometimes it be that way
    G                             D
   And Aphrodite with her neon lamp
     C                                  G
  Kissed Neptune they put her face on a stamp
           G                                        D
   And I'm sorry I used it to mail a letter to you
                    C                                G
   I'm sorry I'm glue and the rest bounces off of you
            D                           G
   And I'm sorry not even this jet's metal wings
          D                            G
   Could get across these simple things
      D                   D                  C
   And I'm sorry if I ever sang your name in vain
   D      D        G             G
   Oh well, sometimes it be that way
       D                         C
   And Goldilocks, well she knew three bears
      G           G               GG*      GG*
   They all ate oatmeal and tiptoed upstairs
      D                              C
   And I'm sorry I never got to find you like this
      G                           D
   Sleeping like a baby and swaddled in bliss
       G                         D
   And I'm sorry for all the times
         G                                   D
   I forgot to imply something in between the lines
       D                  C                     C
   And i'm sorry if my heart breaking ruined your day
      D      D          G            G
   Oh well, sometimes it be that way

   Chorus:
       I said "Oh well, I got nothing left to sell
       This love was a bell that rang unheard in the air
       I was bound to find out that you didn't care
       Oh well, sometimes it be that way
         G                                       D
   And shadow's long fingers they dance on the wall
         C                           G
   Electricity chases its tail in the hall
           G                                     D
   And 'm sorry if my arms to you were just empty rooms
            C                        G
   I'm sorry I never could comfort you

           D                                G
 And I'm sorry St. Petersburg is a miserable town-
           D                       G
   And I'm sorry if I am bringing you down
      D    D                       C
   And I'm sorry if I caused you pain
      C    D  D      G         G
   Oh well, sometimes it be that way
    G                                        D
   And flame licks the air with its silver tongue
          C                                G
   Night has many hands but I have just one
            G                                      D
   And I'm sorry I walked in on you unexpectedly
               C                              G
   I'm sorry I never served you Camomile tea
          D                                 G
   And I'm sorry I didn't always have a match
     D                                               G
   That could start a fire big enough for your heart to catch
      D                     D                             C
   And I'm sorry if it was my swerve that tempted you to sway
   C   D     D      G                  *G*
   Oh well, sometimes it be that way