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"Isn't That The Way Things Are" - by Cliff Eberhardt 1999

Capo 2nd fret

Intro:

E |-----------------------|---------------------|
B |-----------------------|---------------------|
G |-----------------------|---------------------|
D |------------2-----2----|------------2--------|
A |------2--4-----4-------|------2--4-------4---|
E |0--4-----------------0-|---4-----------------|
   /     /     /     /     /     /     /    /     (repeat)   


         A                        E
Is there something wrong with the way it is?  

F#m          E  A
I am too complacent
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   D                         E      Esus4  E
Is standing still my biggest fault?

        A                      E 
I could walk this road for the rest of my life

       F#m               E   A
And it always would look different

        D                                E       Esus4   E
Are you tired of looking at the same old walls?


Chorus:
A                   E 
Isn't that just the way things are? 

F#m           E   A
I am lost without you

D                              E    Esus4  E
Isn't that just the way things are?

A                   E
Isn't that just the way things are? 

F#m           E   A
I am lost without you

D                              E    Esus4  E
Isn't that just the way things are?



I accept the state of things
Am I too consistent?
Why must I walk the border line?
I like everything black and white
But you don't like restrictions
I try to anchor the world sometimes

Repeat chorus

Bridge:
  D            E              F#m               E 
I know I do repeat myself but sometimes I can't help but see


We are always running 'round

D                E                        F#m               E  
You look for the change in things but the one thing that is constant is
  
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We are always falling down


Look at that couple in the foreign car
Banging on the dashboard
She's giving him trouble and he's fixing his tie
You give me trouble and I fix a drink
But I never do ignore you
I am always pinching at the reasons why

Repeat chorus