Standard tuning Am7 / Em7 / D / Cadd9 / G / Am7 / Em7 / D / Cadd9 / G / D / Cadd9 / eI---5-7-88-7--5-57-----5-7-8-75------------------------------------| BI--------------8--8-5-3--------88----------------------------------| GI------------------------------------------------------------------| DI------------------------------------------------------------------| AI------------------------------------------------------------------| EI------------------------------------------------------------------| x 2 4 bars drums Am7 / Em7 / D / Cadd9 / G / Am7 / Em7 / D / Cadd9 / G / D / Cadd9 / x2 Am7 Em7 Standing in line marking time D Cadd9 G Waiting for the welfare dime D Cadd9 'Cause they can't buy a job Am7 Em7 The man in the silk suit hurries by D Cadd9 G As he catches the poor ladies' eyes D Cadd9 Just for fun he says "get a job" Chorus G Fmaj7 C Cadd9 //// //// /// That's just the way it is, G Fmaj7 C Cadd9 //// //// /// Somethings will never change, G Fmaj7 C Cadd9 //// //// /// That's just the way it is, G Fmaj7 C Cadd9 //// //// /// Ah, but don't you believe them. Am7 / Em7 / D / Cadd9 / G / Am7 / Em7 / D / Cadd9 / G / D / Cadd9 / They say, hey little boy you can't go where the others go 'Cause you don't look like they do Said hey old man how can you stand To think that way did you really think about it Before you made the rules he said, Son Chorus Solo Am7 / Em7 / D / Cadd9 / G / Am7 / Em7 / D / Cadd9 / G / D / Cadd9 / x5 G Fmaj7 C Cadd9 //// //// /// That's just the way it is, G Fmaj7 C Cadd9 //// //// /// That's just the way it is, Well they passed a law in '64 To give those who ain't got a little more But it only goes so far Because the law don't change another's mind When all it sees at the hiring time Is the line on the color bar G Fmaj7 C Cadd9 //// //// /// That's just the way it is, G Fmaj7 C Cadd9 //// //// /// That's just the way it is, G Fmaj7 C Cadd9 //// //// /// That's just the way it is, Solo Am7 / Em7 / D / Cadd9 / G / Am7 / Em7 / D / Cadd9 / G / D / Cadd9 / to fade Tabbed by www.popmusictuition.com
