Lirik dan Chord Lagu The Way It Is oleh Bruce Hornsby

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "The Way It Is" adalah lagu terpopuler dari Bruce Hornsby bersama dengan band-nya, The Range.

Keluar sebagai singel kedua, "The Way It Is" rilis pada 1986 dalam album yang juga berjudul sama.

Melalui album ini, Bruce Hornsby bersama band-nya berhasil meraih Grammy Awards untuk kategori Best New Artist pada 1987.

Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Across the River - Bruce Hornsby

Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "The Way It Is" ciptaan Bruce Hornsby.

[Verse 1]
Am                     Em
Standing in line marking time
D                         C                G
Waiting for the welfare dime
D                                  C
'Cause they can't buy a job
Am                                 Em
The man in the silk suit hurries by
D                                C            G
As he catches the poor ladies' eyes
D                                       C
Just for fun he says "get a job"

[Chorus]
G F C
          That's just the way it is,
G F C
          Somethings will never change,
G F C
        That's just the way it is,
G F C
         Ah, but don't you believe them.

Am Em D C G D C 

[Verse 2]
Am                                Em                 D                        C G
They say hey little boy you can't go where the others go
                     D                C
'Cause you don't look like they do
Am                          Em                        D               C
Said hey old man how can you stand to think that way
G                                D                            C
Did you really think about it before you made the rules, he said, son

[Chorus]
G F C
         That's just the way it is,
G F C
           Somethings will never change,
G F C
         That's just the way it is,
G F C
         Ah, but don't you believe them.

Am Em D C G D C

G F C
        That's just the way it is,
G F C
          That's just the way it is,

[Verse ]
Am                         Em 
Well they passed a law in '64
D                                C                    G
To give those who ain't got a little more
D                          C
But it only goes so far
                  Am                           Em
because the law don't change another's mind
D 
When all it sees at
          C                 G        D                C
the hiring time is the line on the color bar

[Chorus]
G F C
          That's just the way it is,
G F C
         Some things will never change,
G F C
           That's just the way it is,
G F C
        Thats just the way it is, it is, it is, it is,