How It Is Chords

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