How It Is chords by Rush

• Difficulty: Beginner

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🎸 Intro:

D G D G
D G Em
D G D G Em

G F G F


🎸 Verse:

G
Here's a little trap
     F         G               F
That sometimes catches everyone
G                      F      G  F
When today's as far as we can see
G                        G
Faith in bright tomorrows
      G            F
Giving way to resignation

🎸 Chorus:

D             G
That's how it is
D        G
How it's going to be
D           G
It's such a cloudy day
Em                A
Seems we'll never see the sun
  D       G             Em     A
I feel the day has possibilities
D             G
Frozen in the moment
    Em       A
The lack of imagination
D              G             Em
Between how it is and how it ought to be
D              G             Em         A
Between how it is and how it ought to be


🎸 Interlude:

G F


🎸 Verse:


G
Here's a little trap
     F         G             F
That sometimes trips up everyone
G               F             G  F
When we tire of our own company
G                   F             G                    F
Sometimes we're the last to see beyond the day's frustrations


🎸 Chorus 2:

D             G
That's how it is
D        G
How it's going to be
D           G
It's such a cloudy day
Em                A
Seems we'll never see the sun
D          G            Em      A
I feel the day is all uncertainty
D              G
Burning in the moment
Em             A
Trapped by the desperation
D              G             Em
Between how it is and how it ought to be
D              G             Em         A
Between how it is and how it ought to be


🎸 Interlude:

D D G D G D G


🎸 Bridge:

D
Foot upon the stair

Shoulder to the wheel

You can't tell yourself not to care
               G               Em
You can't tell yourself how to feel
D             G   E A
That's how it is


🎸 Chorus 3:

D       G
Another cloudy day
Em                A
Seems we'll never see the sun
  D       G             Em     A
I feel the day has possibilities
D             G
Frozen in the moment
    Em       A
The lack of imagination
D              G             Em
Between how it is and how it ought to be
D              G             Em         A
Between how it is and how it ought to be
D G Em D