The Way It Is

	  		
Intro 
D C#m Bm Amaj7 (2x)   (D played on 5th fret) 


verse 1 
D            C#m 
I'm so sorry when I told you 
Bm                              Amaj7 
Those smokestacks were making clouds for the sky 
 D                    C#m 
But if I told you the truth 
Bm 
It would just bring so many tears 
Amaj7 
So many tears to your eyes 

                     Bm 
I said it that's the way it is 
                     Amaj7 
And the way it's gonna be 
                    Bm 
If that's the way it is 
                  Amaj7 
I'd rather make believe 


verse 2 
          D                   C#m 
Oh remember sitting on that beach 
                        Bm                Amaj7 
Watching all tha lightning fill up the sky 
                  D 
Well you got so scared 
                 C#m                Bm                      Amaj7 
Until I told you it was just fireworks like the fourth of July 

                          Bm 
I said it that's the way it is 
                       Amaj7 
And the way it's gonna be 
                      Bm 
If that's the way it is 
                     Amaj7 
I'd rather make believe
 

Bridge 
F#7 Bm F#7 Bm C#m Dmaj7 
D C#m Bm Amaj7 

verse 3 
D 
I know one day you'll be old enough 
C#m                  Bm                  Amaj7 
To know my stories I told are not true 
                 D 
But when you have your own children 
                   C#m 
And they ask you questions 
             Bm                         Amaj7 
You'll know, you'll know just what to do 

                              Bm 
You'll say it that's the way it is 
                       Amaj7 
And the way it's gonna be 
                   Bm 
If that's the way it is 
                     Amaj7 
I'd rather make believe 
                     Bm 
Oh that's the way it is 
                     Amaj7 
And the way it's gonna be 
                    Bm 
If that's the way it is 
                    Amaj7 
I'd rather make believe