The Way It Is Chords by Bruce Hornsby, The Range

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_ _ _ [Am] Standing [G] in line marking [D] time waiting [Em] for the welfare [G] dime
[D] They [C] can't buy a job
[Am] The man in the [Em] silk suit hurries [D] by as he catches [C] the poor old [G] lady's eye
Just [D] for fun [Em] he says, get a job
_ [F] [Em] That's _ just the way it is
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Some things will never [G] change
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That's [G] just the way it _ [Am] is
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Ah, but don't you [Am] believe [Em] them
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_ _ _ [Am] hey little [Em] boy, you can't [D] go where the others [C] go
[G] You _ [D] don't look [C] like they do
[Am] Said, hey old [Em] man, how can you [D] stand to think [C] that we
[G] Did you really [D] think about it [C] before you made the rules
[G] He said, [F] son, [C] _ _
[G] that's just the way it is
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Some things will never [G] change
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That's just the [G] way it is
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Ah, but don't you [Am] believe [Em] them
_ [D] _ [C] Yeah
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_ _ [Am] they passed a [Em] law in 64 [D] to give those who [C] ain't got it [G] furthermore
[D] But it only [Em] goes [C] so far
[Am] This law don't [Em] change another's [D] mind when [G] all it's leaving is the hiring time
[D] There's no line [C] on the color _ [G] bar, [F] no
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That's just the way it [G] is
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Some things will never [G] change
_ [Am] _ [C] That's [G] just the way it is
_ [Em] _ That's just the way it is
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