Released: September, 1986 from the album of the same name
Band: Bruce Hornsby and The Range
Music: G Major in 4/4 time at 111 bpm (♩)
Chords: Am7, Em7, D, Cadd9, G, Fmaj7, C
The Way It Is
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Am7 Em7 D Cadd9 G D Cadd9
Intro: 4/4 ||: - | - | - | :||
|| Drums | Drums | Drums | Drums ||
Am7 Em7 D Cadd9 G D Cadd9
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Am7 Em7
1. Stand-ing in line, mark-ing time
D Cadd9
Wait-ing for the wel-fare dime
G D Cadd9
'Cause they can't buy a job
Am7 Em7
A man in the silk suit hur-ries by
D Cadd9
As he cat-ches the poor old la-dy's eye
G D Cadd9
Just for fun he says "Get a job."
Chorus:
G Fmaj7 C
| - | That's just the way it is |
G Fmaj7 C
| - | Some things will ne-ver change |
G Fmaj9 C
| - | That's just the way it is |
G Fmaj9 C Am7 Em7
| - | Ah, but don't you be-lieve them
D Cadd9 G D Cadd9
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Am7 Em7 D Cadd9
2. Said hey, lit-tle boy, you can't go where the o-thers 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 real-ly think a-bout it be-fore you made the rules?
He said, son
Chorus:
G Fmaj7 C
|(son)- | That's just the way it is |
G Fmaj7 C
| - | Some things will ne-ver change |
G Fmaj7 C
| - | That's just the way it is |
G Fmaj7 C |
| - | Ah, but don't you be-(lieve them)...
Am7 Em7 D Cadd9 G D Cadd9
Instr: |(be-lieve them) | - | - | mm|...yeah
Am7 Em7 D Cadd9 G D Cadd9
||: - | - | - | :|| x5
G Fmaj7 C
Bridge: | - | That's just the way it is |
G Fmaj7 C
| - | That's just the way it is |
Am7 Em7
3. Well, they passed a law in '64
D Cadd9
To give those who ain't got a lit-tle more
G D Cadd9
But it on-ly goes so far
Am7 Em7
'Cause the law don't change a-no-ther's mind
D Cadd9
When all it sees at the hir-ing time
G D Cadd9
Is the line on the co-lor bar, oh no
Chorus:
G Fmaj7 C
| - | That's just the way it is |
G Fmaj7 C
| - | Some things will never change |
G Fmaj7 C
| - | That's just the way it is |
G Fmaj7 C
| - | That's just the | way it is... |
Outro:
Am7 Em7 D Cadd9 G D Cadd9
|| - | - | - | ||... Repeat to Fade
