How It Is chords by Walk Off The Earth

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:

C E7 Am D D7 Cadd2

C E Am
    Ba ba da ba x2


Verse:
C         E       Am
Beauty queens and libertines and beggars on their benches
   C        E         Am
They go to sleep and dream like you and I
C             E     Am
Billionaires behind their walls and soldiers in their trenches
   C        E      Am
We're all just looking for a reason why

Pre-Chorus:
       C     E    Am
To get out of bed in the morning (Ahh)
         C      E     Am
To fight off the urge to just go call it quits
        C     E   Am
'Cuz sometimes reality is boring (Ahh)
      C        E      Am
And it's a shame, but it's just how it is

Chorus:
C   E      Am
Everybody's gotta live (yes, they do)
C     E      Am
And everybody's gonna die (die die)
C   E         Am
Everybody try to have a, a good time
C      E        Am*
I think you know the reason why

Verse:
  C        E         Am
So pour a drink, or have a smoke, cuz we all got our vices
   C       E       Am
Just doing what we need to to get by
C         E        Am
Wear a dress, your Sunday best, whatever you feel nice in
  C        E       Am
Cuz God knows we all need a reason why

Pre-Chorus:
       C     E    Am
To get out of bed in the morning (Ahh)
         C      E     Am
To fight off the urge to just go call it quits
        C     E   Am
'Cuz sometimes reality is boring (Ahh)
      C        E      Am
And it's a shame, but it's just how it is


Chorus:
C   E      Am
Everybody's gotta live (yes, they do)
C     E      Am
And everybody's gonna die (die die)
C   E         Am
Everybody try to have a, a good time
C      E        Am*
I think you know the reason why

Verse:
C       E        Am
Taxi cars and prison bars, and history repeating
  C        E       Am
We build our little boxes, you and I
  C          E          Am
So cross your heart or read your cards, whatever you believe in
   C        E       Am
'Cuz God knows we all need a reason why

Pre-Chorus:
       C     E    Am
To get out of bed in the morning
         C      E     Am
To fight off the urge to just go call it quits
        C     E   Am
'Cuz sometimes reality is boring
      C        E      Am
And it's a shame, but it's just how it is

Chorus:
C   E      Am
Everybody's gotta live
C     E      Am
And everybody's gonna die (die die)
C   E         Am
Everybody try to have a, a good time
C      E        Am*
I think you know the reason why

       C     E             Am
To get out of bed in the morning (Everybody's gotta live)
         C      E     Am
To fight off the urge to just go call it quits (Everybody's gotta live)
        C     E             Am
'Cuz sometimes reality is boring (Everybody's gotta live)
      C        E N.C.
And it's a shame, but it's just how it is