[C]Yea yea [F]yea yea
[C]Yea yea yea [G7]yea
Well [C]yea yea [F]yea yea
It [C]happened [G7]just that [C]way
Well I was born in the boomer's shack
Bout that far from [G7]railroad track
[C]Choo-choo rattled my [F]window pane
[C]Sheet iron roof tells me [G7]every time it [C]rains
Well [C]yea yea [F]yea yea
[C]Yea yea yea [G7]yea
Well [C]yea yea [F]yea yea
It [C]happened [G7]just that [C]way
Well I went to a one room school
Walked to and [G7]from this school
I [C]carried lunch in a [F]paper sack
It [C]was one mile over [G7]two miles [C]back
Well [C]yea yea [F]yea yea
[C]Yea yea yea [G7]yea
Well [C]yea yea [F]yea yea
It [C]happened [G7]just that [C]way
And my brother worked hard in the grain
Papa drove a [G7]choo-choo train
[C]One sister was a [F]righteous girl
But [C]the other was a [G7]woman of the [C]world
[C]Yea yea [F]yea yea
[C]Yea yea yea [G7]yea
Well [C]yea yea [F]yea yea
It [C]happened [G7]just that [C]way
[C]Yea yea [F]yea yea
[C]Yea yea yea [G7]yea
Well [C]yea yea [F]yea yea
It [C]happened [G7]just that [C]way
Yea yea yea yea
Yea yea yea yea
Well yea yea yea yea
It happened just that way
Well I was born in the boomer's shack
Bout that far from railroad track
Choo-choo rattled my window pane
Sheet iron roof tells me every time it rains
Well yea yea yea yea
Yea yea yea yea
Well yea yea yea yea
It happened just that way
Well I went to a one room school
Walked to and from this school
I carried lunch in a paper sack
It was one mile over two miles back
Well yea yea yea yea
Yea yea yea yea
Well yea yea yea yea
It happened just that way
And my brother worked hard in the grain
Papa drove a choo-choo train
One sister was a righteous girl
But the other was a woman of the world
Yea yea yea yea
Yea yea yea yea
Well yea yea yea yea
It happened just that way
Yea yea yea yea
Yea yea yea yea
Well yea yea yea yea
It happened just that way