This Is How It Goes chords by Billy Talent

Billy Talent
This Is How It Goes
Billy Talent I
2003 Atlantic Records

Key: F

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
D -    xx0232
C -    x32010
C# -   x46664
E -    022100
F -    133211
Dm -   xx0231
Bb -   x13331
A -    x02220
A/C# - x476xx
Gm -   355333

Intro:

Guitar: Silence
F- x4

Bass: C#-- x2

Distortion: A-- x4


Verse 1:
A
  Everybody  is tired and
         A/C#
poor and sick of trying
Bb
  If you see me  on the corner
A/C#
  Will you stop or will you splash me
Bb
  Take a look at  what we've become
A/C#
  Nothing more than silhouettes of
Bb
  A pretty family  on a postcard
A/C#
  Picture Perfect I don't want it!


Chorus 1:
A
       So I hold my breath
               Bb
til my heart ex--plodes!
     F
Cause this is how it is
    Bb
and this is how it  goes!
         F
You can steal my body but
Bb
you can't steal my soul!
     F
Cause this is how it is
    A
and this is how it goes!


Post Chorus:

Guitar:

F- x2

Bass: C#-- x2


Verse 2:
Bb
  Shitty weather  bad timing
A/C#
  Lucky penny glued to the ground
Bb
  Dirty look from  total stranger
A
  Hope you get lost
A/C#
and you're not found
Bb
  Take a look at  what we've become
A/C#
  Nothing more than silhouettes of
Bb
  A pretty family  on a postcard
A/C#
  Picture Perfect I don't want it!


Chorus 2:
A
       So I hold my breath
               Bb
til my heart ex--plodes!
     F
Cause this is how it is
    Bb
and this is how it  goes!
         F
You can steal my body but
Bb
you can't steal my soul!
     F
Cause this is how it is
    A
and this is how it
A
  it goes  I win it goes
A
  this is  how it it goes
A
  this is  how it it goes
A
  this is  how it it goes
A/C#
  this is  how it it goes


Interlude: C- x2


Bridge:
Gm
  So Unscrew my head
C
  And rinse it out
Gm
  Polish my thoughts
C
  Turn into doubts
Gm
 Unscrew my head
C
  And rinse it out
Gm
  Polish my thoughts
C
  Turn into doubts


Chorus 3:
A
       So I hold my breath
               Bb
til my heart ex--plodes!
     F
Cause this is how it is
    Bb
and this is how it  goes!
         F
You can steal my body but
Bb
you can't steal my soul!
     F
Cause this is how it is
    Dm(hold)