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The Way It Is by Simon Townshend
The Way It Is
Standard Tuning
chords
B x24442
Emaj7 x2244x
Eb9aug5 x2144x
A x02220
Cmin x46654
Bsus4 X24400
A add9 x2x220
C#9min7 x4x440
E9sus4 202200
Esus4 002200
E 022100
[intro]
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[verse 1]
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The way I'm feeling now I don't know
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how I will survive like
|B E maj7 Eb9aug5 |
this but that's the way it is
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Its not what you want but what you've got
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And you can't hang on to love best
|B E maj7 Eb9aug5 |
admit but that's the way it is
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[chorus 1]
|A B Cmin B sus4|
It's the way it is not the way it could be
|A B Cmin B sus4|
the way it was or the way it should be
| A add9 C#9min7 |
the things you miss your lovers kiss
| A add9 C#9min7 |
a voice you never could resist
| E9sus4 Esus4 |
to hear it echo in the mist saying that's the way
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it is
[verse 2]
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The feelings gone so what went wrong
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Don't search for reasons why �cos
| B E maj7 Eb9aug5 |
that's that, that's just where its at
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And like it or not is what is what
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And there ain't no turning back
|B E maj7 Eb9aug5 |
get this that's the way it is
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[chorus 2]
|A B Cmin B sus4|
It's the way it is not the way it could be
|A B Cmin B sus4|
the way it was or the way it should be
| A add9 C#9min7 |
the things you miss your lovers kiss
| A add9 C#9min7 |
punching air with your clenched fist
| E9sus4 E sus4 |
will not change this no 'cos that's the way
[bridge]
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it is And I'm soaking up the rain
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to wash away the
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pain can somebody explain why its driving me
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Insane And I'm soaking up the sun and I'm not the only
|B E maj7 Eb9aug5 |
one that's been burned by love
[verse 3]
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The days are long and the nights are young
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And you must come to terms
| B E maj7 Eb9aug5 |
don't be afraid 'cos that's the state of play
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You can only have what you can have
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So give up on the ghost
| B E maj7 Eb9aug5|
It once was, there may be no because
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[chorus 3]
|A B Cmin B sus4|
It's the way it is not the way it could be
|A B Cmin B sus4|
the way it was or the way it should be
| A add9 C#9min7 |
the things you miss your lovers kiss
| A add9 C#9min7 |
a voice you never could resist
| A add9 C#9min7 |
punching air with your clenched fist
| E9sus4 E sus4 |
will not change this no 'cos that's the way
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it is
[outro]
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| B E maj7 Eb9aug5 |
get this that's just the way
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it is
|E|
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