Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Intro:
C majorC G+G Am7Am7 G+G
Verse:
C majorC G+G
Go ahead and sit on the floor
C majorC G+G
When you can't outrun it anymore
D MajorD
When nothing helps that did before
G+G
Like a river that finally floods the shore
Verse:
C majorC G+G
Someday this will all be past
C majorC G+G
And blow away like bones and ash
D MajorD
But today is no different than the last
G+G D MajorD
That's the way these things go
G+G
That's the way these things go
Chorus:
C majorC G+G
But I'm not lost, I'm only wandering
D MajorD G+G
I'm not adrift, I'm just at sea
C majorC G+G
I'm not sure, I'm only guessing
D MajorD G+G
This is right where I need to be
Verse:
C majorC G+G
In the distance I hear a train
C majorC G+G
That keeps rolling on as though nothing's changed
D MajorD
As if the world could ever be the same
G+G D MajorD
That's the way these things go
G+G
That's the way these things go
Chorus:
C majorC G+G
But I'm not lost, I'm only wandering
D MajorD G+G
I'm not adrift, I'm just at sea
C majorC G+G
I'm not sure, I'm only guessing
D MajorD G+G
This is right where I need to be
Verse:
C majorC G+G
I saw the sun set up over the ridge
C majorC G+G
Shaped like a heart on a knife edge
D MajorD
And I remembered the last thing you said
G+G D MajorD
"That's the way these things go
G+G
That's the way these things go"
Instrumental:
G+G C majorC D7D7 G+G C majorC G+G
G+G C majorC D7D7 G+G C majorC G+G
Verse:
C majorC G+G
Yesterday three golden leaves
C majorC G+G
Fluttered down in front of me
D MajorD
For a moment I felt the whole world breathe
D MajorD
For a moment I felt the whole world ease
Verse:
G+G C majorC G+G
So be kind to everyone that you meet
C majorC G+G
No matter what you see on the street
D MajorD
You don't know what people live down deep
G+G D MajorD
That's the way these things go
G+G D MajorD
That's the way these things go
C majorC G+G Am7Am7 G+G
That's the way these things go