You can make it simple and play the verses and chorus just using [B][F#][C#], or you can
stick the [D#m7] in there starting with the first chorus. If you want to play open
chords— capo on 4 and play [G][D][A]; capo on 6 and play [F][C][G]; or tune your guitar 
down a half tone and play [C][G][D].

intro}
[B][F#][C#]
[B][F#]All [C#]right, Yeah

{verse}
[B]Grew up in a suburb that was [F#]right outside of Sac Town
[C#]Ridin in my brother’s truck, music up too loud
[B]Sittin on a sub bass, [F#]blarin’ as we drive by
[C#]But it felt good, yeah, I’m not gonna lie

[B]I can still feel it shake [F#]as I’m stuck in the back
[C#]In the middle of his friends while he drives too fast
[B]I’m the only girl, [F#]I don’t know how to act
[C#]But when I look back, I can’t help but laugh

[B]Laid back, cruisin’ like, [F#]hand out the window
[C#]Music always up, always up on the stereo
[B]We don’t even know, [F#]even know where we should go,[C#]  should go, should go

[B]All us California kids [F#]listenin’ to country
[C#]Got a summer job, tryna make a little money
[B]Livin our life, care[F#]free like it [C#]should be, should be, should be

{chorus}
[B]Whoa[D#m7]-oh[C#]-oh
This is the way [F#]we [B]live[D#m7][C#]
We do this eve[F#]ry [B]day[D#m7][C#]
This is the way [F#]we
[B]This is the [D#m7]way we[C#]
This is the way [F#]we live
[B]Ooh [D#m7]ooh [C#]ooh
[F#]My life is like
[B]Ooh [D#m7]ooh [C#]ooh[F#] Uhh!

{verse}
[B]They turned that dirt lot [D#m7]into a teenage memory[C#]
[C#]Yeah, Town Centre was the Friday night place to be
[B]That was back when I was an [D#m7]El Dorado Hillian[C#]
Moved to Malibu, now I’m hangin’ at Pavilion

[B]NorCal, SoCal, [D#m7]doesn’t really matter
[C#]It’s always a good time when we get together
[B]Someone take a picture, [D#m7]remember this for[C#]ever, ever, ever

[B]Head down the boulevard, [D#m7]all the way to Subway
[C#]Listen to the songs that we love, all my friends sing
[B]Hey, you, I wanna[D#m7] know your[C#] name, your name, your name

{chorus}

[B]Whoa[D#m7]-oh[C#]-oh
This is the way [F#]we [B]live[D#m7][C#]
We do this eve[F#]ry [B]day[D#m7][C#]
This is the way [F#]we
[B]This is the [D#m7]way we[C#]
This is the way [F#]we live
[B]Ooh [D#m7]ooh [C#]ooh
[F#]My life is like
[B]Ooh [D#m7]ooh [C#]ooh[F#] Uhh!

{middle 8}
[D#m7]I don’t fit [C#]in with every[F#]one my [B]age
But this ain’t [D#m7]Holly[C#]wood, it’s just the [F#]way we [B]live
This is the way [D#m7](the way,[C#] the way, [F#]the way, [B]the way)
This is the [B]way (the way)
[A#m7]This is the way we live

{bridge}
[B][D#m7][C#]Hey hey
[B][D#m7]Ohh[C#] Woo!

{chorus}
[B]Whoa[D#m7]-oh[C#]-oh (say what?!)
This is the way [F#]we [B]live[D#m7][C#]
We do this eve[F#]ry [B]day[D#m7][C#](yeah we don’t stop, yeah we don’t stop)
This is the way [F#]we
[B]This is the [D#m7]way we[C#]
This is the way [F#]we live
[B]Ooh [D#m]ooh [C#]ooh
My life is like
[B]Ooh [D#m]ooh [C#]ooh
My life is like
WOO!
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