That's Just the Way It Is

F: X-X-3-2-1-1
C: X-3-2-0-1-0
Bb/F: X-X-3-3-3-1
Dm7: X-X-0-2-1-1
Fmaj7: X-X-3-2-1-0
Gm: X-5-5-3-3-3
Eb: X-6-5-3-4-3
Bb: X-1-3-3-3-1
Cm7: X-3-5-3-4-3

Intro:

F | C Bb/F | F | Bb/F (2x)

F C Bb/F
All day long he was fighting for you
F Bb/F F
And he didn't even know your name
C Bb/F
Young men come and young men go
F Bb/F
But life goes on just the same

C Dm7
And I don't know why, why do we keep holding on
C Dm7
I don't know why, pretending to be oh so strong
C Dm7
Oh why, is there something I don't know
C Dm7 F
Or something very wrong, with you and me
Fmaj7 Bb/F
Or maybe
F Fmaj7 Bb/F
That's the way it is
F Fmaj7 Bb/F
That's just the way it is

They've been waiting for word to come down
They've been waiting for you night and day
They won't wait any longer for you
It may already be too late

And I don't know why, why do we keep holding on
I don't know why, pretending to be oh so strong
Oh why, is there something I don't know
Or something very wrong, with you and me
Or maybe
That’s the way it is
That’s just the way it is

Gm D#
You see the dying, you feel the pain
Bb Cm7 Gm
What have you got to say
D#
If we agree that we can disagree
Bb Cm7
We could stop all of this today

It's been your life for as long as you can remember
But you cannot fight no more
You must want to look your son in the eyes
When he asks you what you did it for

'Cos all day long he was fighting for you
And he didn't even know your name
Young men come and young men go
But life goes on just the same

And I don't know why, why do we keep holding on
I don't know why, pretending to be oh so strong
Oh why, is there something I don't know
Or something very wrong, with you and me
Or maybe

F Fmaj7 Bb/F F
That’s the way it is
Bb
There’s nothing I can do
F Fmaj7 Bb/F
That’s just the way it is

That’s just the way it is
That’s just the way it is

That’s just the way it is
That’s just the way it is

That’s the way it is
That’s the way it is

(Fade out)