Chords for Run-D.M.C. - It's Like That (1983)

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_ _ [N] _ I don't know why, but it's like that.
And that's the way it [Em] is.
[N] The world's got you making feet.
[Em] [E] 225 muscle feet.
I said you burn, but hard to walk to your feet.
[Em] It's like that.
And that's the way it is.
Huh!
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_ [G] You need [Fm] to keep your head [Em] off your bones.
[N] Shut down your eyes and your lungs.
[Em] Won't you tell me [E] last time that love bought you clothes?
It's like [Bbm] that.
And that's the way it is.
[Em] Black [F] lives, higher on [Em] the stage.
We receive much lower pay.
Our friends [N] pay, young, go out and play.
[G] It's like [N] that.
And that's the way it is.
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_ War going on across the sea.
Street soldiers killing the elderly.
What ever happened to unity?
It's like that.
And [Em] that's the way it is.
[N] Disillusion is the word [Em] that you [N] call me when I'm not hurt.
I [Em] just work [N] my life with my glasses on.
[Em] It's like that.
And that's the way it is.
[N] Huh! _ _ _ _ _
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[Em] _ We can see a lot in this life plan.
Let's all eat out of a garbage can.
Did you know this [Ab] one time he was [Em] your man?
It's like [N] that.
And that's the way it is.
You [Em] should have gone [E] to school.
You should have learned your trade.
But you lay in the bed that the bum had laid.
[Em] Now you're [F] crying that you're [Em] underpaid.
It's like [N] that.
And that's the way it is.
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_ One thing I know is that life is short.
So listen up old boy.
Is this a thought?
The next time someone's teaching why don't you get taught?
It's like that.
And that's the way it is.
[Em] If you really [Bm] think about it, [Em] times are that bad.
The word that says success will make you glad.
Stop crying, stop praying, you won't be sad.
It's like [F] that.
And that's the way it is.
[Em] Huh! _ _ _ _ _
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_ When you feel down later, sometimes it hurts.
For a minute [F] in life is why you search.
[E] Take the bum off [N] your chain.
Drop the school off, church.
[Em] It's like that.
And that's the way it is.
There's another point in life you should not miss.
Do not be a fool whose bread you kiss.
Because we're all written down on the same list.
It's like that. What?
And that's the way it is.
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_ _ And that's the way it is.
Because it's hard.
And that's the way it is.
You know it's hard.
And that's the way it is.
Because [Gm] it's hard.
And that's the way it is.
You [Em] know it's hard.
[N] _ _ [Em] It's hard.
[Gb] And that's the way it is, you [Em] know it's right.
[D] And that's the way it is, [Em] because it's right.
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