That's The Way Of The World chords by Earth Wind & Fire

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

Key: DbDb

🎸 Intro:

|Cmaj7Cmaj7     |Gm/C      |Fmaj7/C    |Fm6/C    |
 *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *

|Cmaj7Cmaj7     |C9C9       |Fmaj7/C    |Fm6/C     |
 *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *

|Cmaj7Cmaj7     |Gm/C      |Fmaj7/C    |Fm6/C     |
 *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *


🎸 Chorus:

Cmaj7Cmaj7
Hearts afire
    Gm/C
Creates love desire
     Fmaj7/C
Take you high and higher
    Fm6/C
To the world you belong

Cmaj7Cmaj7
Hearts afire
    Gm/C
Creates love desire
Fmaj7/C
High and higher
    Fm6/C         Cmaj7Cmaj7
To your place on the thro-o-o-one



🎸 Verse 1:
              Gm/C
We've come together on this special day (huh)
Fmaj7/C             Fm6/C
    Sing a message loud and clear (hmm, mm)
Cmaj7Cmaj7                 Gm/C
    Looking back, we've touched on sorrowful days (well!)
Fmaj7/C             Fm6/C
    Future, past, they disap pear (haw, haaaw)


🎸 Bridge:
     Cmaj7Cmaj7
You will find (you will find)
     E MajorE+5/F#
Peace of mind (yeah, ha)
    Fmaj7Fmaj7
If you look way down
    E minor 7Em7
In your heart and soul
      Fmaj7Fmaj7
Ahh, don't hesitate
      E minor 7Em7
'Cause the world seems cold
   Fmaj7Fmaj7
Stay young at heart
          E minor 7Em7
Ahh, 'cause you're never
       A7A7      Dm7Dm7
Never old at heart (never heart, never, never
  G11G11
Oh, yeah  yeah, ha

🎸 Chorus:
Cmaj7Cmaj7
That's the way (that's the way)
E MajorE+5/F#
Of the world (of the world)
Fmaj7Fmaj7
Plant your flower (gonna plant your flower)
    AbAb+5/Bb Bb9Bb9
And you grow  a pearl (heeey, ooh, ooh, ooh)
Cmaj7/G
Child is born
    C9C9      E MajorE+5/F#
With a heart of gold (ooh, ah, ah, yeah)
  Fmaj7Fmaj7
Way of the world (gonna plant your flower)
     E minor 7Em7   A7A7
Makes his heart so cold

Ad-libbing:
   Dm7Dm7      G11G11
Oooh, ooh, ooh, oh    ha
Lord

Can't you see me,

 |Cmaj7Cmaj7     |C9C9       |Fmaj7/C    |Fm6/C     |
 *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *
y'all     Say, hey    Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah hm hm hm

 guitar sol
|Cmaj7Cmaj7     |E MajorE+5/F#    |Fmaj7Fmaj7      |AbAb+5/Bb   |
 *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *

|C6C6       |Gm'C  E MajorE+5/F# |Fmaj7Fmaj7     |AbAb+5/Bb   |
 *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *

|C6C6       |Gm'C  E MajorE+5/F# |Fmaj7Fmaj7     |AbAb+5/Bb   |
 *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *

🎸 Chorus:
C majorC
Hearts afire
    Gm/C    E MajorE+5/F#
Creates love desire
     Fmaj7Fmaj7
Take you high and higher
    AbAb+5/Bb
To the world you belong

🎸 Refrain:
Cmaj7Cmaj7
Hearts afire
Gm/C    E MajorE+5/F#
Love desire
Fmaj7Fmaj7
High and higher
AbAb+5/Bb
You, you , you

C majorC
Hearts afire
Gm/C    E MajorE+5/F#
Love desire

|Fmaj7Fmaj7     |E minor 7Em7   A7A7   |Dm7Dm7      |G11G11      |
 *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *  *
 High, higher          Mmm, mmm, mm, mm    haw haw

Vamp:
Cmaj7Cmaj7               Gm/C
   We've come together on this special day
F6/C             Fm6/C
  Sing our message loud and clear (ay, yah!)
F7/C Cmaj7Cmaj7                Gm/C
      Looking back, we've touched on sorrowful days
Fmaj7/C          Fm6/C
    While future disap pear

🎸 Bridge:

Cmaj7Cmaj7
You will find (you will find)
     E MajorE+5/F#
Peace of mind (yeah, ha)
    Fmaj7Fmaj7
If you look way down
    E minor 7Em7
In your heart and soul
        Fmaj7Fmaj7
Ahh, don't hesi tate
 E MajorE+5/F#       E minor 7Em7
    'Cause the world seems cold
   Fmaj7Fmaj7
Stay young at heart
     E minor 7Em7    A7A7
Ahh, ahh ahhh ahh ahh ahh
          ) never, never, never)
       Dm7Dm7
'Cause you're never, never, never
G11G11
   Ay, yee, ay, yee, ay, yee, yeah, ha

🎸 Chorus:
Cmaj7Cmaj7
That's the way (yaow!)
E MajorE+5/F#
Of the world (yaow! hey, yeah!)
Fmaj7Fmaj7
Plant your flowers
      AbAb+5  AbAb+5/Bb
And you'll grow a pearl (aaah, oooh)
Cmaj7Cmaj7
Child is born (child is born)
    Gm/C                E MajorE+5/F#
With a heart of gold listen now  with a heart of gold
  Fmaj7Fmaj7
Way of the world (way of the world)
     AbAb+5/Bb              Bb9Bb9
Makes his heart so cold (makes his heart so cold)


Breakdown:
Cmaj7Cmaj7
   That love, that love

That love, that love
        Gm/C
That love, that love

Th-
      E MajorE+5/F#
Ooh, yeah!
Fmaj7Fmaj7
   Never!
     AbAb+5/Bb
Aaah, ah, ah, ah, ha

Well!

Cmaj7Cmaj7       Gm/C
   Uhhh, la, la, la
     E MajorE+5/F#
Don't you hear me now?
Fmaj7Fmaj7
   Don't you hear me now?

Lordy, won't you hear me now?
AbAb+5/Bb
Lordy, won't you hear me now?
Ay, yee, ay, yee, yeah!

Cmaj7Cmaj7
Hearts afire (hearts afire)
Gm/C       E MajorE+5/F#
Love desire (ohh, love desire)
Fmaj7Fmaj7
High and higher
      AbAb+5/Bb
Aaah, oooh, ooh, oooh, hoo  fade