• Song:

    Funny The Way It Is

  • Artist:

    Dave Matthews Band

  • Album:

    Funny the Way It Is

This is the version as I heard it. It may not be perfect, I know there's a chord
when they say "stars" in the bridge, but I can't figure it out. Perhaps A or A7 I 
am not sure b/c of the harmony. Play with and see what you think. 

- Nick



Verse:          Am- (x02210@1)G- (320003@1)G- (320003@1)F (133211@1)            E---0---3---3---1--|
             B---1---0---0---1--|
             G---2---0---0---2--| 
             D---2---0---0---3--|
             A---0---2---2---3--|  
             E---0---3---3---1--|


Chorus:          C- (x32010@1)G- (320003@1)Bm- (x24432@1)F (133211@1)            E---0---3---2---1--|
             B---1---0---3---1--|
             G---0---0---4---2--| 
             D---2---0---4---3--|
             A---3---2---2---3--|  
             E---0---3---2---1--|

Bridge:

E-----------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------|
D-------3-3-------------------------------------------|
A-------------3-3---5-5---7-7---8-8---10-10---12-12---|
E--1-1------------------------------------------------|

or

E-------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------0-0---2-2---|
D-------3-3---------0-0---2-2---3-3---------------|
A-------------3-3---------------------------------|
E--1-1--------------------------------------------|


----------------------------------------------------------------------------


Intro/Verse:  Am - G - G - F


AmLyin' (x02210@1)in the park  
GOn (320003@1)a beautiful day
G (320003@1)                                 FSun (133211@1)shine in the grass and the children play 
AmSiren's (x02210@1)passin' 
GFire (320003@1)engine's red
G (320003@1)                                    FSomeone's (133211@1)house is burning down on a day like this 

       AmThe (x02210@1)evening comes 
             GAnd (320003@1)we're hangin' out 
GOn (320003@1)the front step 
                               F (133211@1)And a car goes by with the windows rolled down 
          Am (x02210@1)                           GAnd (320003@1)that war song is playin "why can't we be friends?" 
      G (320003@1)                                F (133211@1)            
Someone's screamin' and cryin' in the apartment upstairs 


Chorus:   C-G-Bm-F


CFunny (x32010@1)the way it is 
         GAnd (320003@1)if you think about it 
      BmSomebody's (x24432@1)goin' hungry 
             FAnd (133211@1)someone else is eatin' out 
CFunny (x32010@1)the way it is 
           GWhether (320003@1)right or wrong 
      BmSomebody's (x24432@1)heart is broken 
            F (133211@1)   
And it becomes your favorite song 

Bridge: (Instrument only)

E-----------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------|
D-------3-3-------------------------------------------|
A-------------3-3---5-5---7-7---8-8---10-10---12-12---|
E--1-1------------------------------------------------|

Verse:

Am (x02210@1)                                 GThe (320003@1)way your mouth feels in your lover's kiss 
 GLike (320003@1)a pretty bird on a breeze 
         FOr (133211@1)water to a fish 
       Am (x02210@1)                             GBut (320003@1)a bomb blast brings the building crashin' to the floor 
G (320003@1)                            FHear (133211@1)the laughter while the children play war 

Chorus:

CFunny (x32010@1)the way it is 
         GAnd (320003@1)if you think about it 
          BmOne (x24432@1)kid walks 10 miles to school 
          FWhile (133211@1)another's droppin' out 
CFunny (x32010@1)the way it is 
            GNo (320003@1)matter right or wrong 
       BmOn (x24432@1)a soldier's last breath 
     FHis (133211@1)baby's being born 


(Played with the words below)
E-----------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------|
D-------3-3-------------------------------------------|
A-------------3-3---5-5---7-7---8-8---10-10---12-12---|
E--1-1------------------------------------------------|

or

E-------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------0-0---2-2---|
D-------3-3---------0-0---2-2---3-3---------------|
A-------------3-3---------------------------------|
E--1-1--------------------------------------------|

Standin' on a bridge 
Watch the water passin' under me 
It must have been much harder 
When there was no bridge just water 
Now the world is small 
Remember how it used to be
With mountains, and oceans, and winters, and rivers and stars 

Fill: Am G G F x2

Verse:

Am (x02210@1)           
Watch the sky the jet-planes 
    GSo (320003@1)far out of my reach 
G (320003@1)                                 FIs (133211@1)there someone up there lookin' down on me? 
AmBoy (x02210@1)chase a bird
     GSo (320003@1)close but every time 
GHe (320003@1)never catch her 
         FBut (133211@1)he can't stop trying 

Chorus:

CFunny (x32010@1)the way it is 
             GAnd (320003@1)if you think about it 
         BmOne (x24432@1)kid walks 10 miles to school 
         FWhile (133211@1)another's droppin' out 
CFunny (x32010@1)the way it is 
            GNo (320003@1)matter right or wrong 
        BmOn (x24432@1)a soldier's last breath 
      FHis (133211@1)baby's being born 

CFunny (x32010@1)the way it is 
            GNo (320003@1)matter right or wrong 
     BmSomebody's (x24432@1)broken heart 
           FAnd (133211@1)it becomes your favorite song 

GFunny (320003@1)the way it is 
             GAnd (320003@1)if you think about it 
         BmOne (x24432@1)kid walks 10 miles to school 
         FWhile (133211@1)another's droppin' out 

E-----------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------|
D-------3-3-------------------------------------------|
A-------------3-3---5-5---7-7---8-8---10-10---12-12---|
E--1-1------------------------------------------------|

or

E-------------------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------0-0---2-2---|
D-------3-3---------0-0---2-2---3-3---------------|
A-------------3-3---------------------------------|
E--1-1--------------------------------------------|

Standin' on a bridge 
Watch the water passin' under me 
It must have been much harder 
When there was no bridge just water 
Now the world is small 
Remember how it used to be 
With mountains, and oceans, and winters, and rivers and stars

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