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Lene Marlin, Way We Are
Capo on first fret
Standard tuning.
Introduction
This is the riff played in the introduction and verses. I've put the chord names above 
help with fingering.
eAm|----------F--------C-|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
B|-----1------1----|--------1------1------|--------1------1------|-----1--0-------------------|
G|--------2---------|-----------2--------|------------0----------|------------2--0----------|
D|-------------------|---------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
A|--0---------------|---------------------|-----3---------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------|---1----------------|---------------------|--3---------------------|
Verse
I Amwatch you growing sometimeFs I see myself - in youC  G  
It Amcan be scary but kinda Ffunny tooC  G  
OoAmh OoFh Ooh OhC  
I Ghear you talAmking
A lot Fof similaCrities
Your choiGce Amof Fwords
And alCl tGhe fantasies
Chorus
 CJust thFe way we are
GI guAmess you've seen it now
 DmA mirrAmor of ourselves sure makes us weird
AmFalling downG  
GFrom Fa mountain of frights
FWhatAm's there to hold on to?
The way you make us all smile and the despair when you just
Won't go to sleep
You could have me walking a mile to make you smile still it's not
Really a weep
I know you fooled me
A million times
I just can't help it
Don't know why
Just the way we are
I guess you've seen it now
A mirror of ourselves sure makes us weird
Falling down from a mountain of frights
What's there to hold on to?
Am G F Am G F
Bridge
GI know you Dmhate iAmt but they really have to do
GWhat they do
GYou're cryDming out Amyour wishes I understand
GYet Fthey don't have a clue.

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Way We Are

by Lene Marlin

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 1 (as written in this song)

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Lene Marlin, Way We Are

Capo on first fret

Standard tuning.

Introduction

This is the riff played in the introduction and verses. I've put the chord names above

help with fingering.

Am F C

e|-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|

B|-----1------1----|--------1------1------|--------1------1------|-----1--0-------------------|

G|--------2---------|-----------2--------|------------0----------|------------2--0----------|

D|-------------------|---------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|

A|--0---------------|---------------------|-----3---------------|-------------------------|

E|-------------------|---1----------------|---------------------|--3---------------------|

Verse

Am F C G

I watch you growing sometimes I see myself - in you

Am F C G

It can be scary but kinda funny too

Am F C

Ooh Ooh Ooh Oh

G Am

I hear you talking

F C

A lot of similarities

G Am F

Your choice of words

C G

And all the fantasies

Chorus

C F

Just the way we are

G Am

I guess you've seen it now

Dm Am

A mirror of ourselves sure makes us weird

Am G

Falling down

G F

From a mountain of frights

F Am

What's there to hold on to?

The way you make us all smile and the despair when you just

Won't go to sleep

You could have me walking a mile to make you smile still it's not

Really a weep

I know you fooled me

A million times

I just can't help it

Don't know why

Just the way we are

I guess you've seen it now

A mirror of ourselves sure makes us weird

Falling down from a mountain of frights

What's there to hold on to?

Am G F Am G F

Bridge

G Dm Am

I know you hate it but they really have to do

What they do

G Dm Am

You're crying out your wishes I understand

G F

Yet they don't have a clue.

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