The Way It Is

[Intro 1]
Am Em Am Em D C G D
C Am Em D C G D C

[Intro 2]
Am Em D C G D C
Am Em D C G D
C

[Verse 1]
Am                Em
Standing in line, marking time
D               C
Waiting for the welfare dime
G       D             C
 'Cause they can't buy a job
    Am                   Em
The man in the silk suit hurries by
      D                C
As he catches the poor old ladies' eyes
G         D           C
 Just for fun he says, "get a job"

[Chorus]
G F C
     That's just the way it is
G F C
     Some things will never change
G F C
     That's just the way it is
G F C                         Am    Em
     Ah, but don't you believe  them

[Verse 2]
D C G D C
         Said,
Am                 Em                 D        C
hey little boy you can't go where the others go
G                 D             C
 'Cause you don't look like they do
      Am          Em
Said, hey old man how can you stand
   D             C
To think that way
        G                  D
Did you really think about it
           C
Before you made the rules?

[Chorus]
         G   F C
He said, "son
That's just the way it is
G F C
     Some things will never change
G F C
     That's just the way it is
G F C                         Am     Em
     Ah, but don't you believe  them"

[Bridge]
D C G D C

[Piano Solo 1]
Am Em D C G D C
Am Em D C G D C
Am Em D C G D C
Am Em D C G D C
Am Em D C G D C
G F C
That's just the way it is
G F C
     That's just the way it is

[Verse 3]
           Am           Em
Well, they passed a law in '64
   D                       C
To give those who ain't got a little more
G       D         C
 But it only goes so far
           Am                Em
'Cause the law don't change another's mind
     D                  C
When all it sees at the hiring time
G       D             C        G
 Is the line on the color bar, no,
  F C
no   That's just the way it is

[Chorus]
G F C
     And some things will never change
G F C
     That's just the way it is

[Piano Solo 2]
G F      C
   That's just the way it is, it is, it is,
Am   Em D C G D C Am Em D C G D C Am Em D C G D C
it is

[Bridge]
Am Em D C G D C

[Outro]
G F C G F C G F C G F C
G F C G F C

[Outro (Fade Out)]
G F C G F C G F C