The Way It Is chords by Chicken Shack

Chords with lyrics

Intro:
E minorEm Em E minorEm Em A minorAm Am E minorEm
Em B minorBm A minorAm E minorEm B7B7

Verse 1:
E minorEm       A minorAm
There's no time to explain why I'm going
        E minorEm
Yes, that's the way it is
A minorAm
There's no time to explain why I'm going
        E minorEm
Yes, that's the way it is
        B minorBm
You give me good reason, darling
                 A minorAm
So dry your eyes and cry no more
                      E minorEm        B7B7
You don't need my loving, that's the way it is, cry no more

Verse 2:
E minorEm     A minorAm               E minorEm
You never realize the things you've done to mine
A minorAm         E minorEm
Never realize, yeah, the things you've done to mine
B minorBm                A minorAm
So I'm leaving you now, darling
           E minorEm                B7B7
Yes, that's the way it is, don't think I'm a wrong guy

Instrumental:
E minorEm A minorAm E minorEm A minorAm
E minorEm B minorBm A minorAm E minorEm B7B7

Verse 3:
E minorEm       A minorAm       E minorEm
Go and see your friends, tell them you're free
A minorAm                  E minorEm
Go see your friends, tell them you're free
B minorBm
If you get the same treatment that I gave you baby
A minorAm                    E minorEm