Funny The Way It Is by Dave Matthews Band

This is pretty accurate, you just have to play around with the bridge.



Am
Lyin’ in the park  
     G
On a beautiful day
    Em                         F
Sun shine in the grass and the children play 
Am
Siren’s passin’ 
G
Fire engine's red
          Em                         F
Someone’s house is burning down on a day like this 

       Am
The evening comes 
          G
And we’re hangin’ out 
              Em
On the front step 
                           F 
And a car goes by with the windows rolled down 
         Am                            G
And that war song is playin “why can’t we be friends?” 
          Em                          F              
Someone's screamin’ and cryin’ in the apartment upstairs 



C
Funny the way it is 
           G
And if you think about it 
    Bm
Somebody’s goin’ hungry 
            F
And someone else is eatin’ out 
C
Funny the way it is 
        G
Whether right or wrong 
         Bm
Somebody’s heart is broken 
       F     
And it becomes your favorite song 


Bridge

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Am                               G
The way your mouth feels in your lover’s kiss 
              Em
Like a pretty bird on a breeze 
   F
Or water to a fish 
      Am                             G
But a bomb blast brings the building crashin’ to the floor 
         Em                 F
Hear the laughter while the children play war 

Chorus:

C
Funny the way it is 
           G
And if you think about it 
        Bm
One kid walks 10 miles to school 
      F
While another’s droppin’ out 
C
Funny the way it is 
          G
No matter right or wrong 
       Bm
On a soldier’s last breath 
     F
His baby’s being born 

BRIDGE 
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A-------------3-3---5-5---7-7---8-8---10-10---12-12---|
E--1-1------------------------------------------------|

Dm		    C
Standin’ on a bridge  
                F             Dm
Watch the water passin’ under me 
             C
It must have been much harder 

When there was no bridge just water 
Dm                  C
Now the world is small 
                 F
Remember how it used to be 
Dm                              
With mountains, and oceans, and winters, and rivers and 
G
Stars

Fill: Am G G F x2

Verse:

Am                G                
Watch the sky the jet-planes
                  Em
So far out of my reach 
                                  F
Is there someone up there lookin’ down on me? 
Am
Boy chase a bird
   G
So close but every time 
   Em
He never catch her 
       F
But he can’t stop trying 

Chorus:

C
Funny the way it is 
           G
And if you think about it 
        Bm
One kid walks 10 miles to school 
      F
While another’s droppin’ out 
C
Funny the way it is 
          G
No matter right or wrong 
     Bm
On a soldier’s last breath 
    F
His baby’s being born 

C
Funny the way it is 
          G
No matter right or wrong 
     Bm
Somebody’s broken heart 
       F
And it becomes your favorite song 


C
Funny the way it is 
           G
And if you think about it 
         Bm
One kid walks 10 miles to school 
      F
While another’s droppin’ out 


BRIDGE
E-----------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------|
D-------3-3-------------------------------------------|
A-------------3-3---5-5---7-7---8-8---10-10---12-12---|
E--1-1------------------------------------------------|

Dm		    C
Standin’ on a bridge  
                F             Dm
Watch the water passin’ under me 
             C
It must have been much harder 

When there was no bridge just water 
Dm                  C
Now the world is small 
                 F
Remember how it used to be 
Dm                              
With mountains, and oceans, and winters, and rivers and 
G
Stars



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