{"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":1772717,"song":"Thats Just The Way It Is","artist":"Phil Collins","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1772717-thats-just-the-way-it-is-chords-by-phil-collins/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1772717?type=chord","rating":4.74,"votes":22,"content":"If the Fsus4 is too hard for you, just play a B5 power chord\r\n[ch]Fsus4[/ch] 113311 \r\n\r\n\r\nAlternatively, Tune down your low E to D(drop D)\r\nTranspose this down 3 steps and capo up to wherever works for you(3 to stay with the recording)\r\nSo the Verse becomes [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Dsus4[/ch] or [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]Dsus4[/ch]\r\n\r\nPlay this progression instead, it gives you a nice step down\r\n\r\n[tab]e--5---5--5\r\nb--5---5--5\r\ng--7---7--7\r\nD--7---7--7\r\nA--5---0--5\r\nD------0--5[/tab]\r\n    \r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Fsus4[/ch]   [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Fsus4[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Fsus4[/ch]         \r\nAll day long he was fighting for you[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]Fsus4[/ch]\r\nAnd he didn't even know your name[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Fsus4[/ch]    \r\nYoung men come and young men go[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]Fsus4[/ch]\r\nBut life goes on just the same[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I don't know why[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nWhy do we keep holding on[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch] \r\nI don't know why[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nPretending to be oh so strong[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh why[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nIs there something I don't know[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nOr something very wrong, with you and me[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]Fsus4[/ch]\r\nOr maybe[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Fsus4[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]Fsus4[/ch]\r\nThat's the way it is,         there's nothing I can do,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Fsus4[/ch]\r\nThat's just the way it is.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Fsus4[/ch] \r\nThey've been waiting for word to come down[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]Fsus4[/ch]\r\nThey've been waiting for you night and day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Fsus4[/ch] \r\nThey won't wait any longer for you[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]Fsus4[/ch]\r\nIt may already be too late[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I don't know why[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nWhy do we keep holding on[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch] \r\nI don't know why[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nPretending to be oh so strong[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh why[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nIs there something I don't know[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nOr something very wrong, with you and me[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]Fsus4[/ch]\r\nOr maybe[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]Fsus4[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]Fsus4[/ch]\r\nThat's the way it is,         [/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Fsus4[/ch]\r\nThat's just the way it is.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                     [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nYou see the dying, you feel the pain[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]                   [ch]Cm7[/ch]\r\nWhat have you got to say[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Gm[/ch]                       [ch]D#[/ch]\r\nIf we agree that we can disagree[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]Cm7[/ch]\r\nWe could stop all of this today[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]Fsus4[/ch] \r\nIt's been your life for as long as you can remember[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]Fsus4[/ch]\r\nBut you cannot fight no more[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]Fsus4[/ch]\r\nYou must want to look your son in the eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]Fsus4[/ch]\r\nWhen he asks you what you did it for[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Fsus4[/ch]\r\nCause all day long he was fighting for you[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]Fsus4[/ch]\r\nAnd he didn't even know your name[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Fsus4[/ch]  \r\nYoung men come and young men go[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]Fsus4[/ch]\r\nBut life goes on just the same[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I don't know why[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nWhy do we keep holding on[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]C[/ch] \r\nI don't know why[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nPretending to be oh so strong[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh why[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nIs there something I don't know[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Dm7[/ch]\r\nOr something very wrong, with you and me[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]Fsus4[/ch]\r\nOr maybe[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]Fsus4[/ch]    [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]Fsus4[/ch]\r\nThat's the way it is,  Thats the way       there's nothing I can do,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Fsus4[/ch]\r\nThat's just the way it is.       [/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Fsus4[/ch]\r\nThat's just the way it is.[/tab]\r\n(OOh-aaahhh)\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Fsus4[/ch]\r\nThat's just the way it is.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Fsus4[/ch]\r\nThat's just the way it is.[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Fsus4[/ch]\r\nthere's nothing I can do[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]Fsus4[/ch]\r\nThat's just the way it is.[/tab]","plain_text":"If the Fsus4 is too hard for you, just play a B5 power chord\nFsus4 113311 \n\n\nAlternatively, Tune down your low E to D(drop D)\nTranspose this down 3 steps and capo up to wherever works for you(3 to stay with the recording)\nSo the Verse becomes D  Dsus4 or D A Dsus4\n\nPlay this progression instead, it gives you a nice step down\n\n\n    \n\n[Intro]\nF   Fsus4   F   Fsus4\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n\n\n\n(OOh-aaahhh)","chords":["Fsus4","E","D","Dsus4","A","F","C","Dm7","Gm","D#","Bb","Cm7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,1]},"Dsus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,2,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,3]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"Gm":{"barres":[3],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,1,1,1],"frets":[3,5,5,3,3,3]}}}