The Way It Is chords by Donavon Frankenreiter

Chords with lyrics

Intro
D MajorD C# minorC#m B minorBm Amaj7Amaj7 (2x)  (D MajorD played on 5th fret)


verse 1
D MajorD      C# minorC#m
I'm so sorry when I told you
B minorBm               Amaj7Amaj7
Those smokestacks were making clouds for the sky
 D MajorD          C# minorC#m
But if I told you the truth
B minorBm
It would just bring so many tears
Amaj7Amaj7
So many tears to your eyes

           B minorBm
I said it that's the way it is
           Amaj7Amaj7
And the way it's gonna be
          B minorBm
If that's the way it is
         Amaj7Amaj7
I'd rather make believe

verse 2
     D MajorD          C# minorC#m
Oh remember sitting on that beach
            B minorBm        Amaj7Amaj7
Watching all tha lightning fill up the sky
         D MajorD
Well you got so scared
         C# minorC#m        B minorBm           Amaj7Amaj7
Until I told you it was just fireworks like the fourth of July

             B minorBm
I said it that's the way it is
            Amaj7Amaj7
And the way it's gonna be
           B minorBm
If that's the way it is
           Amaj7Amaj7
I'd rather make believe

Bridge
F#7F#7 B minorBm F#7F#7 B minorBm C# minorC#m Dmaj7Dmaj7
D MajorD C# minorC#m B minorBm Amaj7Amaj7

verse 3
D MajorD
I know one day you'll be old enough
C# minorC#m         B minorBm         Amaj7Amaj7
To know my stories I told are not true
         D MajorD
But when you have your own children
          C# minorC#m
And they ask you questions
       B minorBm             Amaj7Amaj7
You'll know, you'll know just what to do

               B minorBm
You'll say it that's the way it is
            Amaj7Amaj7
And the way it's gonna be
          B minorBm
If that's the way it is
           Amaj7Amaj7
I'd rather make believe
           B minorBm
Oh that's the way it is
           Amaj7Amaj7
And the way it's gonna be
          B minorBm
If that's the way it is
          Amaj7Amaj7
I'd rather make believe