{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":727958,"song":"The Way It Is","artist":"Bruce Hornsby","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11584917-the-way-it-is-chords-by-bruce-hornsby/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/727958?type=chord","rating":4.8364,"votes":579,"content":"[tab]e|---5-7-8-8-7--5-5-7-----5-7-8-7-5-------------------------------------|\r\nB|---------------8---8-5-3---------8-8----------------------------------|\r\nG|----------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nD|----------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nA|----------------------------------------------------------------------|\r\nE|----------------------------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n|[ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch]  |[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch] |[ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   |[ch]Cadd9[/ch]   |\r\n\r\n|[ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch]  |[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch] |[ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   |[ch]Cadd9[/ch]   | % |\r\n\r\nAdd drums:\r\n\r\n|[ch]Cadd9[/ch] | % | % | % |\r\n\r\n|[ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch]  |[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch] |[ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   |[ch]Cadd9[/ch]   |\r\n\r\n|[ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch]  |[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch] |[ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   |[ch]Cadd9[/ch]   |\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Am7[/ch]              [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nStanding in line marking time[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nWaiting for the welfare dime[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n  'Cause they can't buy a job[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Am7[/ch]                  [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nThe man in the silk suit hurries by[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nAs he catches the poor old ladies' eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n  Just for fun he says \"get a job\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n             That's just the way it is[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n             Some things will never change[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n             That's just the way it is[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n             Ah, but don't you believe them[/tab]\r\n\r\n|[ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch]  |[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch] |[ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   |[ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Am7[/ch]                 [ch]Em7[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nThey say hey, little boy you can't go where the others go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n  'Cause you don't look like they do[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Am7[/ch]          [ch]Em7[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nSaid hey, old man how can you stand to think that way[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nDid you really think about it before you made the rules, he said, son[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n             That's just the way it is[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n             Some things will never change[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n             That's just the way it is[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n             Ah, but don't you believe them[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]|[ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch]  |[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch] |[ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   |[ch]Cadd9[/ch]   |\r\n                                   Ooh ya[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n|[ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch]  |[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch] |[ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   |[ch]Cadd9[/ch]   |\r\n\r\n|[ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch]  |[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch] |[ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   |[ch]Cadd9[/ch]   |\r\n\r\n|[ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch]  |[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch] |[ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   |[ch]Cadd9[/ch]   |\r\n\r\n|[ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch]  |[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch] |[ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   |[ch]Cadd9[/ch]   |\r\n\r\n|[ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch]  |[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch] |[ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   |[ch]Cadd9[/ch]   |\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n             That's just the way it is[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n             That's just the way it is[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Am7[/ch]              [ch]Em7[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nWell, they passed a law in '64 to give those who ain't got a little more[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n  But it only goes so far[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Am7[/ch]               [ch]Em7[/ch]\r\nBecause the law don't change another's mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\nWhen all it sees at the hiring time is the line on the color bar[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n             That's just the way it is[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n             Some things will never change[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n             That's just the way it is[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Cadd9[/ch]\r\n          That's just the way it is, it is, it is, it is[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n|[ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch]  |[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch] |[ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   |[ch]Cadd9[/ch]   |\r\n\r\n|[ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch]  |[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch] |[ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   |[ch]Cadd9[/ch]   |\r\n\r\n|[ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch]  |[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch] |[ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   |[ch]Cadd9[/ch]   |\r\n\r\n|[ch]Am7[/ch]  [ch]Em7[/ch]  |[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Cadd9[/ch] |[ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   |[ch]Cadd9[/ch]   |\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]   [ch]Fmaj7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Cadd9[/ch]   x8\r\n\r\n(Repeat and fade out)","plain_text":"|Am7  Em7  |D  Cadd9 |G   D   |Cadd9   |\n\n|Am7  Em7  |D  Cadd9 |G   D   |Cadd9   | % |\n\nAdd drums:\n\n|Cadd9 | % | % | % |\n\n|Am7  Em7  |D  Cadd9 |G   D   |Cadd9   |\n\n|Am7  Em7  |D  Cadd9 |G   D   |Cadd9   |\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n|Am7  Em7  |D  Cadd9 |G   D   |Cadd9\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\n|Am7  Em7  |D  Cadd9 |G   D   |Cadd9   |\n\n|Am7  Em7  |D  Cadd9 |G   D   |Cadd9   |\n\n|Am7  Em7  |D  Cadd9 |G   D   |Cadd9   |\n\n|Am7  Em7  |D  Cadd9 |G   D   |Cadd9   |\n\n|Am7  Em7  |D  Cadd9 |G   D   |Cadd9   |\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\n|Am7  Em7  |D  Cadd9 |G   D   |Cadd9   |\n\n|Am7  Em7  |D  Cadd9 |G   D   |Cadd9   |\n\n|Am7  Em7  |D  Cadd9 |G   D   |Cadd9   |\n\n|Am7  Em7  |D  Cadd9 |G   D   |Cadd9   |\n\n[Outro]\nG   Fmaj7  C   Cadd9   x8\n\n(Repeat and fade out)","chords":["B","G","D","A","E","Am7","Em7","Cadd9","Fmaj7","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,0,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Cadd9":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,0,3,0],"frets":[-1,3,2,0,3,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,0,3,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,3,0]},"Fmaj7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,0,3,4,2,0],"frets":[1,-1,2,2,1,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}