Chord/Tab song: The Way It Is

[intro]

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[verse 1]

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The way I'm feeling now I don't know

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how I will survive like

|B E maj7 Eb9aug5 |
this but that's the way it is

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Its not what you want but what you've got

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And you can't hang on to love best

|B E maj7 Eb9aug5 |
admit but that's the way it is

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[chorus 1]

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It's the way it is not the way it could be

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the way it was or the way it should be

| A add9 C#9min7 |
the things you miss your lovers kiss

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a voice you never could resist

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to hear it echo in the mist saying that's the way

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it is


[verse 2]

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The feelings gone so what went wrong

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Don't search for reasons why ?cos

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that's that, that's just where its at

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And like it or not is what is what

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And there ain't no turning back

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get this that's the way it is

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[chorus 2]

|A B Cmin B sus4|
It's the way it is not the way it could be

|A B Cmin B sus4|
the way it was or the way it should be

| A add9 C#9min7 |
the things you miss your lovers kiss

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punching air with your clenched fist

| E9sus4 E sus4 |
will not change this no 'cos that's the way


[bridge]

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it is And I'm soaking up the rain

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to wash away the

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pain can somebody explain why its driving me

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Insane And I'm soaking up the sun and I'm not the only

|B E maj7 Eb9aug5 |
one that's been burned by love


[verse 3]

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The days are long and the nights are young

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And you must come to terms

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don't be afraid 'cos that's the state of play

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You can only have what you can have

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So give up on the ghost

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It once was, there may be no because

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[chorus 3]

|A B Cmin B sus4|
It's the way it is not the way it could be

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the way it was or the way it should be

| A add9 C#9min7 |
the things you miss your lovers kiss

| A add9 C#9min7 |
a voice you never could resist

| A add9 C#9min7 |
punching air with your clenched fist

| E9sus4 E sus4 |
will not change this no 'cos that's the way

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it is

[outro]

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| B E maj7 Eb9aug5 |
get this that's just the way

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it is