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And So It Goes

by Billy Joel

AND SO IT GOES Billy Joel ¾ C ~ | F // | A-4 Am / | C / F | G / C | F // | A-4 Am / | C F / | C / ~ ^In every | F A-4 Am C F ||: heart (tt ^there) (is ^a) | room mm ( / ^a) | (sanc ^tu) (^a ry) (safe ^and) | ||: you (uu ^in) (cau ^tious) | tones ss ( / ^you) | (ans ^wered) (^me with) (no ^pre) | G C F A-4 Am | strong (g ~ ^to) (heal ^the) | wounds (ss ^from) (^lov ers) | past tt ~ ^Un | | tense (e ~ ^and) (^still I) | feel (ll ^I) (^said too) | much hh ~ ^My | C F C 1. | til^a (new ^one) comes^a | long (g ~ ^I) (^spoke to) :|| 2. | silence (is ^my) self^de | fense (e ~ ^And) (^ev ry) | C F Fm6 C Am D G-4 | time e^Ive held^a | rose (e ~ ^It) (seems ^I).| (I^on^ly) felt^the=thorns ss | G C F Fm6 C | / ~ ^And (^so it) | goes s^and so^it=goes.| ss (ss ^and) (so will you).| Am D G-4 G C F C F A-4 Am | (n soon) I^sup pose.| ee ~ ^But if^my | si^lence ee (~ made^you) | leave ee ~ ^then | C F G C F | that^would=be e^my worst^mis | take ~ ^So I^will | share e^this (room ^with) | A-4 Am C F C F A-4 Am C F | you uu ~ ^And | you^can have^th=is heart^to=break.| kk // | /// | / // | / // | C F Fm6 C | // # And=this=is | why y^my eyes^are | closed d^its just^as=well.| Am D G-4 G C F | l^for all=Ive^seen nn | / ~ ^And (so^it^goes).| ss ~ ^and so^it=goes.| Fm6 C Am D G-4 G C | ss ~ ^And youre^the | (on ^ly) (one ^who) knows.| ss ~ ^So (I ^would) | F A-4 Am C F | choose e^to be^with | you uu ~ ^Thats | (if ^the) (choice ^were) mine^to | G C F A-4 Am | make ~ ^But you^can | make e^de cisions | too oo ~ ^And | C F C F A-4 Am C F | you^can have^th=is heart^to=break.| kk // | /// | / // | // / | G C F Fm6 C | / ~ ^And so^it=goes.| ss s^and so^it=goes.| ss ~ ^And youre^the | F C | on^l=y one^who knows.| ss ss ss ||

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And So It Goes is performed by Billy Joel. This page contains the lyrics and chords as part of Jerry's Songbook collection.

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