The Way It Is chords by The Strokes

Chords with lyrics

Intro       Verse       Chorus      Outro
-------------   ------------   ------------   -------------
BB   x244xx   E MajorE   0221xx   BB   x2444x   BB   x2444x
Esus2Esus2 x222xx   F#F#  2443xx   B/C# x4444x   B/C#  x4444x
                  F#6F#6  2x434x   F#6F#6  2x434x
                  E MajorE   0221xx   EMaj7Emaj7 xx2444
                  F#F#  2443xx

Intro:

Riff-1: alternate between BB and Esus2Esus2
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--4-4-2-4--4-2-4--4-2-4--4-2-4--4-2-4--4-2-4--4-2-4--4-2--|
D MajorD|--4-4-2-4--4-2-4--4-2-4--4-2-4--4-2-4--4-2-4--4-2-4--4-2--| x2
A augmentedA|--2-2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2--|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 1:
E MajorE       F#F#      E MajorE      F#F#  Riff-1
She was still sleeping, the problem will stay,   one more day
E MajorE       F#F#     E MajorE       F#F#
Said she's not sorry, the wind blows her way
E MajorE     F#F#       E MajorE      F#F#
Accidents happen, there's one planned today, oh you see


Chorus 1:
BB  B/C#        F#6F#6
 I wish it was not true, but that's the way it is
BB    B/C#     F#6F#6
 It's not your fault, that's the way it is
BB   B/C#   F#6F#6
 I'm sick of you, and that's the way it
E MajorE      F#F#
Is and will always be

Riff-1


Verse 2:
E MajorE      F#F#     E MajorE   F#F#
Wednesday is over, it's over again
E MajorE      F#F#     E MajorE       F#F#
Said my goodbyes to the life we won't spend, and together


Chorus 2:
BB  B/C#        F#6F#6
 I wish it was not true, but that's the way it is
BB    B/C#     F#6F#6
 It's not your fault, that's the way it is
BB   B/C#   F#6F#6
 I'm sick of you, and that's the way it is
BB B/C# F#6F#6


Outro:
  BB   B/C#   F#6F#6
But that's not your problem
BB   B/C# F#6F#6
That's not a problem
BB   B/C#  F#6F#6
That's not my problem
BB   B/C#   F#6F#6   EMaj7Emaj7
That's not your problem

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