WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Simon Townshend - The Way It Is Tabs | Ver. 1
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[verse 1]
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The way I'm feeling now I don't know
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how I will survive like
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this but that's the way it is
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Its not what you want but what you've got
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And you can't hang on to love best
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admit but that's the way it is
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[chorus 1]
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It's the way it is not the way it could be
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the way it was or the way it should be
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the things you miss your lovers kiss
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a voice you never could resist
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to hear it echo in the mist saying that's the way
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it is
[verse 2]
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The feelings gone so what went wrong
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Don't search for reasons why ?cos
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that's that, that's just where its at
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And like it or not is what is what
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And there ain't no turning back
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get this that's the way it is
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[chorus 2]
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It's the way it is not the way it could be
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the way it was or the way it should be
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the things you miss your lovers kiss
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punching air with your clenched fist
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will not change this no 'cos that's the way
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it is And I'm soaking up the rain
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to wash away the
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pain can somebody explain why its driving me
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Insane And I'm soaking up the sun and I'm not the only
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one that's been burned by love
[verse 3]
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The days are long and the nights are young
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And you must come to terms
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don't be afraid 'cos that's the state of play
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You can only have what you can have
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So give up on the ghost
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It once was, there may be no because
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[chorus 3]
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It's the way it is not the way it could be
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the way it was or the way it should be
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the things you miss your lovers kiss
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a voice you never could resist
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punching air with your clenched fist
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will not change this no 'cos that's the way
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[outro]
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get this that's just the way
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it is
