The Way It Is chords by Donavon Frankenreiter

Intro
D C#m Bm Amaj7 (2x)   (D played on 5th fret)


verse 1
D            C#m
I'm so sorry when I told you
Bm                              Amaj7
Those smokestacks were making clouds for the sky
 D                    C#m
But if I told you the truth
Bm
It would just bring so many tears
Amaj7
So many tears to your eyes

                     Bm
I said it that's the way it is
                     Amaj7
And the way it's gonna be
                    Bm
If that's the way it is
                  Amaj7
I'd rather make believe

verse 2
          D                   C#m
Oh remember sitting on that beach
                        Bm                Amaj7
Watching all tha lightning fill up the sky
                  D
Well you got so scared
                 C#m                Bm                      Amaj7
Until I told you it was just fireworks like the fourth of July

                          Bm
I said it that's the way it is
                       Amaj7
And the way it's gonna be
                      Bm
If that's the way it is
                     Amaj7
I'd rather make believe

Bridge
F#7 Bm F#7 Bm C#m Dmaj7
D C#m Bm Amaj7

verse 3
D
I know one day you'll be old enough
C#m                  Bm                  Amaj7
To know my stories I told are not true
                 D
But when you have your own children
                   C#m
And they ask you questions
             Bm                         Amaj7
You'll know, you'll know just what to do

                              Bm
You'll say it that's the way it is
                       Amaj7
And the way it's gonna be
                   Bm
If that's the way it is
                     Amaj7
I'd rather make believe
                     Bm
Oh that's the way it is
                     Amaj7
And the way it's gonna be
                    Bm
If that's the way it is
                    Amaj7
I'd rather make believe