Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

G for 12 beats

Verse 1

Well I came a long way to be here today and

 I left you so long on this avenue...

 And here I stand in the strangest land not

 Knowing what to say or do...

As I gaze around at these strangers in town I

 guess the only stranger is me...

Chorus

 And I wonder, yes I wonder... is this the

 way life's meant to be...

Verse 2

Although it's only a day since I was taken away and left

 standing here looking in wonder...

 Oh the crowd at my feet maybe it's just the old street but

 every thing that I Know lies under...

And when I see what they've done to this place that was

 home, shame is all that I feel... Ohhh

Then Chorus

Bridge

Too late too late to cry the people say

Too late for you too late for me...

You've come so far, nah you know ev'ry thing my

Bass solo

Then Chorus

As I wonder around this wreck of a town where people

 never speak aloud... with it's ivory towers and it's plastic

 flowers I wish I was back in 1981

Just to see your face in stead of this place now I know what

 you mean to me. Ohhhh

Then chorus

 Through oh la la's , , , ,

 And I wonder, yes I wonder wonder wonder wonder is this

 the way life's meant to be. Ohhhhhhh

 Is this the way life's meant to be mmmmm

Is this the way life's meant to be, I wanna know now

Is this the way life's meant to be.