Intro
E---------------------------------
A-7-5--7-5--7-5--7-5--7-5--7-5--3-
D-9-7--9-7--9-7--9-7--9-7--9-7--2-
G-9-7--9-7--9-7--9-7--9-7--9-7----
B---------------------------------
E---------------------------------
C G C F
Maybe we were meant to be like a heartbeat turning black
C G C F
Wasted like the colors mixed while thieves steal out the black
C G A F
It's like a broken smile, a step apart that gives you style
C G C F
It doesn't need explaining you know it's fall when it starts raining
CHORUS:
C F C
It's just the way it is
F C
It's just the way it is
F G
It's just the way it is
C G C F
Touching through an open flame and sparks begin to fly
C G C F
Looking for another way but you can't help passing by
C G A F
It's not your enemy, it's the sense somehow you won't be free
C G C F
It's only rank and file, trampled love, and walking wild
CHORUS
C G C F
Within the crystal pains that we shattered long ago
C G C F
Alone with what remains it's hard to let you know
C G A F
In a no-win fight, I guess two wrongs don't make a right
C G C F
We're in the dash between the way we are and what we've been
CHORUS (2x)
End in C
CHORDS:
E|--0--0--0----
B|--3--2--0--4-
G|--2--2--0--4-
D|--0--2--0--4-
A|-----0--2--2-
E|--------3--2-
C G F A
Dead Moon:
Fred Cole- Guitar, Vocals
Toody Cole- Bass, Vocals
Andrew Loomis- Drums
"The Way It Is" on "Trash And Burn" (Empty Records, Music Maniac and Mississippi Records)
and on "Echoes Of The Past"(Sub Pop 2CD Compilation/The best of Dead Moon as compiled
by rock & roll legend and survivor Fred Cole)