These Are The Ways chords by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Chords with lyrics

Verse :
 E MajorE     A augmentedA
Make me a fist
 E MajorE            A augmentedA
Purple Mountain road that I can't miss
     A augmentedA     E MajorE
Have we all had enough?
     A augmentedA      E MajorE
Have we all had too much?


 E MajorE      A augmentedA
Lost in a dream
 E MajorE             A augmentedA
Please step down from your bully machine
    A augmentedA      E MajorE
Can we all back it up?
    A augmentedA     C# minorC#m
Can we all give it up?

Chorus:
 A augmentedA      E MajorE       BB      A augmentedA
These are the ways when you come from America
E MajorE      BB     F# minorF#m  C# minorC#m
The sights, the sounds, the smells
 A augmentedA       E MajorE       BB     F# minorF#m G#G#
These are the ways when you come from America
A augmentedA         E MajorE       A augmentedA       E MajorE   F# minorF#m
I don't want to die and she's gonna take good care of ya
A augmentedA        E MajorE         A augmentedA     E MajorE BB
I just wan to thrive and there's gonna be hysteria

Post-Chorus:
 E MajorE    F#F#
Don't be late
 G+G         A augmentedA       B minorBm
Walk us through the golden gate, yeah
 E MajorE     F#F#
Bruce and George
 G+G        A augmentedA     B minorBm
Singing for their own reward

Bridge:
 E MajorE     A augmentedA
Take me inside
 E MajorE               A augmentedA
Twenty-three windows and it's gonna be a long ride
 A augmentedA     E MajorE
All had enough?
     A augmentedA      E MajorE
Have we all had too much?
G# minorG#m     C# minorC#m
Sing me the blues
G# minorG#m          C# minorC#m
Cowgirl's tight in her basketball shoes
     A augmentedA     E MajorE
Can we all back it up?
     A augmentedA     E MajorE
Can we all give it up?

Chorus:
 A augmentedA      E MajorE       BB      A augmentedA
These are the ways when you come from America
   E MajorE      BB     F# minorF#m  C# minorC#m
The sights, the sounds, the smells
 A augmentedA       E MajorE       BB     F# minorF#m G#G#
These are the ways when you come from America
A augmentedA         E MajorE       A augmentedA       E MajorE   F# minorF#m
I don't want to die and she's gonna take good care of ya
A augmentedA        E MajorE         A augmentedA     E MajorE BB
I just wan to thrive and there's gonna be hysteria

Post-Chorus:
 E MajorE    F#F#
Don't be late
 G+G         A augmentedA       B minorBm
Walk us through the golden gate, yeah
 E MajorE     F#F#
Bruce and George
 G+G        A augmentedA     B minorBm
Singing for their own reward

Outro:
B minorBm

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