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The Way It Is

Bruce Hornsby

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The chords used in this song are: Am7, Em7, D, C, G, D, Cadd9, Fmaj7.

                E A D G B E
Em7             0 2 2 0 3 0
G               3 x 0 0 0 3
Cadd9           x 3 2 0 3 3
Am7             x 0 2 0 1 0
Fmaj7           x 0 3 2 1 0
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Example chord pattern:

Am7               Em7           D              Cadd9            G
Standin' in line, markin' time, waitin for the welfare dime,    /

D                      Cadd9
cause they can't buy a job.

And for the chorus:

G       Fmaj7   C                       Cadd9
////    ////    ///     That's just the way it is,

G       Fmaj7   C                       Cadd9
////    ////    ///     Somethings will never change,

G       Fmaj7   C               Cadd9           Am7   Em7
////    ////    ///     Ah, but don't you believe them.

and so on...

--
| Serge J. Belongie                   | "When the big one hits, I'll be   |
| California Institute of Technology  |  headin' north at 110 miles per!" |
| B.S. Electrical Engineering, 1995   |                                   |
| sergeb@caltech.edu                  |                 -Repo Man         |