That's The Way These Things Go chords by Carrie Newcomer

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
C  G  Am7  G

Verse:
                 C            G
Go ahead and sit on the floor
                         C        G
When you can't outrun it anymore
     D
When nothing helps that did before
                                     G
Like a river that finally floods the shore

Verse:
                  C           G
Someday this will all be past
                   C          G
And blow away like bones and ash
      D
But today is no different than the last
                            G    D
That's the way these things go
                            G
That's the way these things go

Chorus:
            C              G
But I'm not lost, I'm only wandering
         D                  G
I'm not adrift, I'm just at sea
        C              G
I'm not sure, I'm only guessing
        D                          G
This is right where I need to be

Verse:
                  C         G
In the distance I hear a train
                                C              G
That keeps rolling on as though nothing's changed
          D
As if the world could ever be the same
                            G    D
That's the way these things go
                            G
That's the way these things go

Chorus:
            C              G
But I'm not lost, I'm only wandering
         D                  G
I'm not adrift, I'm just at sea
        C              G
I'm not sure, I'm only guessing
        D                          G
This is right where I need to be

Verse:
                     C          G
I saw the sun set up over the ridge
                         C       G
Shaped like a heart on a knife edge
        D
And I remembered the last thing you said
                             G    D
"That's the way these things go
                            G
That's the way these things go"

Instrumental:
G  C    D7    G  C  G
G  C    D7    G    C    G

Verse:
                  C           G
Yesterday three golden leaves
                  C           G
Fluttered down in front of me
      D
For a moment I felt the whole world breathe
D
For a moment I felt the whole world ease

Verse:
      G                C             G
So be kind to everyone that you meet
                        C            G
No matter what you see on the street
          D
You don't know what people live down deep
                            G    D
That's the way these things go
                            G     D
That's the way these things go
                            C  G  Am7  G
That's the way these things go