Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Half-step down
[Verse]
G+G D MajorD
Everyone seems so damn content
C majorC
Wake up go to work and do it over again
G+G D MajorD C majorC
There surely must be more to life than this?
G+G D MajorD
Shaped to fit in into the machine
C majorC
Just another cog in the spinning wheel
G+G D MajorD C majorC
Until it breaks your back and wears you out
[Chorus]
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
It's just the way it is
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
It's just the way it is
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
It's just the way it is
D MajorD
Don't ask
[Verse]
G+G D MajorD
It all really starts as soon as you're born
C majorC
Passed from the mother to the child you know
G+G D MajorD C majorC
A augmentedA lifelong quest longing for acceptance
G+G D MajorD
Cause everyone's afraid to seem weird
C majorC
You can't be a slut, or a fucking queer
G+G D MajorD C majorC
The powers that be don't want to see it changing
[Chorus]
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
It's just the way it is
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
It's just the way it is
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
It's just the way it is
D MajorD
Don't ask
[Verse]
G+G D MajorD
Everyone seems so damn content
C majorC
Wake up go to work and do it over again
G+G D MajorD C majorC
There surely must be more to life than this?
[Chorus]
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
It's just the way it is
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
It's just the way it is
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
It's just the way it is
D MajorD
Don't ask
[Outro]
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
(Just the way it is), It's just the way it is
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
(Just the way it is), It's just the way it is
E minorEm D MajorD G+G
(Just the way it is), It's just the way it is
D MajorD G+G