Thats The Way It Is Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Am7 Em7 D Cadd9 G Am7 Em7 D Cadd9 G D Cadd9

4 bars drums

Am7 / Em7 / D / Cadd9 / G / Am7 / Em7 / D / Cadd9 / G / D / Cadd9 / x2

Am7Standing in line Em7marking time

DWaiting for the Cadd9welfare dime G

D'Cause they can't buy a Cadd9job

Am7The man in the silk suit Em7hurries by

DAs he catches the poor Cadd9ladies' eyes G

DJust for fun he says "get a Cadd9job"

Chorus

G//// F7M//// C/// That's just the Cadd9way it is,

G//// F7M//// C/// Somethings will Cadd9never change,

G//// F7M//// C/// That's just the Cadd9way it is,

G//// F7M//// C/// Ah, but Cadd9don't you believe them.

Am7 Em7 D Cadd9 G Am7 Em7 D Cadd9 G D Cadd9

They say, hey little boy you can't go where the others go

'Cause you don't look like they do

Said hey old man how can you stand

To think that way did you really think about it

Before you made the rules he said, Son

Chorus

Solo

Am7 / Em7 / D / Cadd9 / G / Am7 / Em7 / D / Cadd9 / G / D / Cadd9 / x5

G//// F7M//// C/// That's just the Cadd9way it is,

G//// F7M//// C/// That's just the Cadd9way it is,

Well they passed a law in '64

To give those who ain't got a little more

But it only goes so far

Because the law don't change another's mind

When all it sees at the hiring time

Is the line on the color bar

G//// F7M//// C/// That's just the Cadd9way it is,

G//// F7M//// C/// That's just the Cadd9way it is,

G//// F7M//// C/// That's just the Cadd9way it is,

Solo

Am7 / Em7 / D / Cadd9 / G / Am7 / Em7 / D / Cadd9 / G / D / Cadd9 / to fade