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Way It Goes
play this guitar line in the bridge where indicated (*):
E|----12-9---|
H|-----------|
G|--9--------|
D|-----------|
A|-----------|
E|-----------|
The Way It Goes
(Rossi/Frost)
Guitar intro:
E A
E|------------------------------------------|
H|------------------------------------------|
G|---2-2-4b6-4b6-4b6r4-----2-2-4b6-4b6r4-2--|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
E A
E|------------------------------------------|
H|------------------------------------------|
G|---2-2-4b6-4b6-4b6r4-----2-2-4b6-4b6r4-2--|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
verse:
D E
Living isn't easy, feeling bright and breezy,
F#m
Everybody has to try
D E A
Seeing and believing, never show the reason why
D E F#m
Even when we grow up and the body slow up, no no no
D E A
We think again but do we understand?
chorus:
E
That's the way it goes
A
Everybody knows
E A
That you can't survive if you ain't got drive
D A
Those velvet wings can't help you fly
D E
Those velvet wings won't always help you to get by
A
But you must carry on
Guitar:
E A
E|------------------------------------------|
H|------------------------------------------|
G|---2-2-4b6-4b6-4b6r4-----2-2-4b6-4b6r4-2--|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
A D
E|------------------------------------------|
H|-5b7r5-5b7r5------------------------------|
G|-------------4b6r4p2-4b6r4-2---------2----|
D|-----------------------------4-2----------|
A|---------------------------------3h4------|
E|------------------------------------------|
verse:
People try and tell you anything they want to,
Saying that it's only fun
When they got you looking down the barrel of a gun
Never if we know it are we gonna blow it, no no no
We think again and so we understand
chorus:
That's the way it goes
Everybody knows
That you can't survive if you ain't got drive
Those velvet wings can't help you fly
Those velvet wings won't always help you to get by
But you must carry on
bridge:
F#m
I haven't told my secrets *
A
I swore not to tell any lies *
F#m
Something inside me is saying *
D
That's the way it goes
E
That's the way it goes
guitar solo:
D
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
H|-17-17-17-17\15-15-15-15-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
G|-18-18-18-18\16-16-16-16-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
D|----------------------------------14-16-14-16-14-16-14-16-|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
A D
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
H|-14----------------------------/19-19-19-19-19h20-20-20-|
G|-14-------------------------14-/19-19-19-19-19h21-21-21-|
D|-14----------------------16-----------------------------|
A|----16-14-12-12-14-16-16--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
E
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
H|-20p19-19-19-19h20-20-20-20p19-19-17-17-17-17-15-15-15-15-|
G|-21p19-19-19-19h21-21-21-21p19-19-18-18-18-18-16-16-16-16-|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
D
E|--------------------------|
H|-14-14-14-14--------------|
G|-14-14-14-14-9h11p9-------|
D|--------------------11-12-|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|
second half of chorus:
Those velvet wings can't help you fly
Those velvet wings won't always help you to get by
But you must carry on
chorus:
That's the way it goes
Everybody knows
That you can't survive if you ain't got drive
Those velvet wings can't help you fly
Those velvet wings won't always help you to get by
But you must carry on
Those velvet wings can't help you fly
Those velvet wings won't always help you to get by
But you must carry on
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version 2
Intro
E|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-2-2-4b-4b-4b-rb~--2-2-4b-4b-rb-2~-|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|x2
Now the F#m chord can be played as F#5 if you have a keyboard player play the F#m (like
track), but, if you're jamming to the record by yourself you'll have to play it like this:
E|-2-|
B|-2-|
G|-2-|
D|-4-|
A|-4-|
E|-2-|
F#m
The other chords are shuffled and are best played with the root and fifth, eg:
E|----------|
B|----------|
G|----------|
D|-------7--|
A|-7--2--5--|
E|-5--0-----|
A E D
This is the way THE VERSE goes...
D E
Living isn't easy, feeling bright and breezy
F#m
Everybody has to try
D E A
Seeing is believing, never show the reason why
D E F#m
Even when we grow up and our bodies slow up, no, no, no
D E A
We think again but do we understand?
This is the way THE CHORUS goes...
E A
That's the way it goes, oh everybody knows
E A
That you can't survive if you ain't got drive
D A
Those velvet wings can't help you fly
D E
Those velvet wings won't always help you to get by
A
But you must carry on
This is the way THE BRIDGE goes...
F#m
I haven't told any secrets
A
I swore not to tell any lies
F#m
Something inside me is saying
D E
That's the way it goes, that's the way it goes
For the bridge you will find this riff helpfull:
Use loads of overdrive and distortion...
E|---12-9-|
B|--------|
G|-9------|
D|--------|
A|--------|
E|--------|
I like to call this the middle section
(even though it isn't)
D A
Those velvet wings can't help you fly
D E
Those velvet wings won't always help you to get by
A
But you must carry on
Now the solo, I think, goes like this:
E|-12-12-12\10-10-10-10\9--9--9--------------------------------------------|
B|-14-14-14\12-12-12-12\10-10-10-10---10---10---------------------------10-|
G|-------------------------------9h11-9h11-9h11-9---------------------9----|
D|------------------------------------------------11-9-------9b-11-11------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------12-12---------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-14-14-14/15-15-15-15\14-14-14-14/15-15-15-15\14-14-14-12-12-12-|
B|-15-15-15/17-17-17-17\15-15-15-15/17-17-17-17\15-15-15-14-14-14-|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-10-10-10-10-9--9-------------------|
B|-12-12-12-12-10-10-10---------------|
G|----------------------9h11p9--------|
D|-----------------------------11-----|
A|--------------------------------12~-|
E|------------------------------------|
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