The Way It Is Chords
by Bruce Hornsby253,150 views, added to favorites 11,470 times
Difficulty: | beginner |
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Tuning: | E A D G B E |
Capo: | no capo |
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e|---5-7-8-8-7--5-5-7-----5-7-8-7-5-------------------------------------|
B|---------------8---8-5-3---------8-8----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|Am7 Em7 |D Cadd9 |G D |Cadd9 |
|Am7 Em7 |D Cadd9 |G D |Cadd9 | % |
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|Cadd9 | % | % | % |
|Am7 Em7 |D Cadd9 |G D |Cadd9 |
|Am7 Em7 |D Cadd9 |G D |Cadd9 |
[Verse 1]
Am7 Em7
Standing in line marking time
D Cadd9
Waiting for the welfare dime
G D Cadd9
'Cause they can't buy a job
Am7 Em7
The man in the silk suit hurries by
D Cadd9
As he catches the poor old ladies' eyes
G D Cadd9
Just for fun he says "get a job"
[Chorus]
G Fmaj7 C Cadd9
That's just the way it is
G Fmaj7 C Cadd9
Some things will never change
G Fmaj7 C Cadd9
That's just the way it is
G Fmaj7 C Cadd9
Ah, but don't you believe them
|Am7 Em7 |D Cadd9 |G D |Cadd9
[Verse 2]
Am7 Em7 D Cadd9
They say hey, little boy you can't go where the others go
G D Cadd9
'Cause you don't look like they do
Am7 Em7 D Cadd9
Said hey, old man how can you stand to think that way
G D Cadd9
Did you really think about it before you made the rules, he said, son
[Chorus]
G Fmaj7 C Cadd9
That's just the way it is
G Fmaj7 C Cadd9
Some things will never change
G Fmaj7 C Cadd9
That's just the way it is
G Fmaj7 C Cadd9
Ah, but don't you believe them
|Am7 Em7 |D Cadd9 |G D |Cadd9 |
Ooh ya
[Solo]
|Am7 Em7 |D Cadd9 |G D |Cadd9 |
|Am7 Em7 |D Cadd9 |G D |Cadd9 |
|Am7 Em7 |D Cadd9 |G D |Cadd9 |
|Am7 Em7 |D Cadd9 |G D |Cadd9 |
|Am7 Em7 |D Cadd9 |G D |Cadd9 |
G Fmaj7 C Cadd9
That's just the way it is
G Fmaj7 C Cadd9
That's just the way it is
[Verse 3]
Am7 Em7 D Cadd9
Well, they passed a law in '64 to give those who ain't got a little more
G D Cadd9
But it only goes so far
Am7 Em7
Because the law don't change another's mind
D Cadd9 G D Cadd9
When all it sees at the hiring time is the line on the color bar
[Chorus]
G Fmaj7 C Cadd9
That's just the way it is
G Fmaj7 C Cadd9
Some things will never change
G Fmaj7 C Cadd9
That's just the way it is
G Fmaj7 C Cadd9
That's just the way it is, it is, it is, it is
[Solo]
|Am7 Em7 |D Cadd9 |G D |Cadd9 |
|Am7 Em7 |D Cadd9 |G D |Cadd9 |
|Am7 Em7 |D Cadd9 |G D |Cadd9 |
|Am7 Em7 |D Cadd9 |G D |Cadd9 |
[Outro]
G Fmaj7 C Cadd9 x8
(Repeat and fade out)
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11 comments

Good tab, but it seems like you're missing a chord in the intro.
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Great tune, thanks for this.
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An excellent tab of this moving song. Just wish I could play piano!
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