The Way It Goes Chords by Status Quo

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[D] If living [E] isn't easy, feeling fat and [F#] breezy, everybody has to try
[D] Being and [E] believing never shown [A] the reason why
_ [D] Even when we [E] grow up and the bodies [F#m] slow up, no, no, no
[D] Those things [E] can't do the [A] understand
And that's the [E] way it goes, oh, [A] everybody knows
That if you [E] can't survive, oh, you [A] ain't got drive
And those [D] velvet wings, they can't [A] help you fly
And those [D] velvet wings won't always help you [E] to get by
But you [A] must carry on
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[A] _ _ _ _ _ [D] People can [E] tell you anything they [F#] want to, saying that it's only fun
[D] When they got you [E] looking down the barrel [A] of a gun
_ _ [D] Never did we [E] know it, are we gonna [F#m] blow it, no, no, no
[D] Oh, we hate to [E] get in so [A] young, we plan
And that's the [E] way it goes, oh, [A] everybody knows
That if you [E] can't survive, oh, you [A] ain't got drive
And those [D] velvet wings, they can't [A] help you fly
And those [D] velvet wings won't always help you [E] to get by
But you [A] must carry on
I [F#m] haven't told any secrets, [A] nor ought to tell any lies
[F#m] There's nothing inside me that's saying [D] that's the way it [G] goes, that's the way it [D] goes
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And those [D] velvet wings, they can't [A] help you fly
And those [D] velvet wings won't always help you [E] to get by
But you [A] must carry on
And that's the [E] way it goes, oh, [A] everybody knows
That if you [E] can't survive, oh, you [A] ain't got drive
And those [D] velvet wings, they can't [A] help you fly
And those [D] velvet wings won't always help you to [E] get by
But you must [A] carry on
And those [D] velvet wings, they can't [A] help you fly
And those [D] velvet wings won't help you [E] get by _
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