Chords for Paul Dempsey » Nicole Atkins "The Way It Is"

Tempo:
69.2 bpm
Chords used:

G

C

F

E

D

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Paul Dempsey » Nicole Atkins "The Way It Is" chords
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Hi.
How you doing?
Anna.
Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet [E] you too.
James.
[C] Hello.
[E]
[Gb] [E] [A]
[D] [G]
[E] [G] I'm Paul Dempsey and we are here at my friend James' house [Ab] in
Are we in Queens
or Long Island [D] City?
Both.
Both.
[N] There you go.
I'm an Australian so this is all new to
me.
And we're here to play a song.
I'm going to play a Nicole Atkins song.
It's a song
called The Way It Is and I chose to play this because it kind of harks back to another era
I think.
It's kind of a big sweeping classic croony ballad.
Although I'm not going to croon
it [Gb] so much as scream it because it's kind of right up high in my range.
[B] And I have this
kind of [G] stupid habit of always choosing to cover songs that are gigantic arrangements
with string sections or things by the E Street Band with a dozen people or [Dm] things by synth
pop bands when [G] I don't have a synthesizer.
So this is going [Eb] to be very stripped down
to the basics.
[A] Here it is.
[N] [E] [A]
My love's not the one that I [A] want
[F]
But he's not the [G] one that I need
I'd rather [E] find [D] out for [A] myself
[Am]
[A] You're the one [Am]
that shakes at the touch [F] of my hand
But can't decide [G] where he should stand
If I [E] was smart I'd [F] never call you, call [G] you ever [C] again
Oh when my [Em] ears are bled it's [F] just right
[G] [C] When he's the only [Em] one [Dm]
I've [G] ever wanted
[Bm] I suppose [C]
that's [G] just the [Dm] way [C] it is
[Ab] [C]
[Ab] [D]
[Gm] [D] [Cm]
[G] [F] Just to think that this could [Cm] be the last time
[G] I'll hold you, hold you ever again
[C] Don't think [Em] I'll sleep [C] tomorrow
[F]
[G] [C] Cause he's the [Em] only one [Dm] I've [G] ever wanted
[C] Oh when my ears [Em] are bled it's just [F] right
[G] [C] Cause he's the [Em] only one I've [D] ever wanted
[G] [Bm] I [F] suppose [Em] that's just [Dm] the [G] way it [C] is
[D] [Ab]
Key:  
G
2131
C
3211
F
134211111
E
2311
D
1321
G
2131
C
3211
F
134211111
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Hi.
How you doing?
Anna.
Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet [E] you too.
James.
[C] Hello.
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[Gb] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ [G] I'm Paul Dempsey and we are here at my friend James' house [Ab] in_
Are we in Queens
or Long Island [D] City?
Both.
Both.
[N] There you go.
I'm an Australian so this is all new to
me.
And we're here to play a song.
I'm going to play a Nicole Atkins song.
It's a song
called The Way It Is and I chose to play this because it kind of harks back to another era
I think.
It's kind of a big sweeping classic croony ballad.
Although I'm not going to croon
it [Gb] so much as scream it because it's kind of right up high in my range.
[B] And I have this
kind of [G] stupid habit of always choosing to cover songs that are gigantic arrangements
with string sections or things by the E Street Band with a dozen people or [Dm] things by synth
pop bands when [G] I don't have a synthesizer.
So this is going [Eb] to be very stripped down
to the basics.
_ [A] Here it is.
_ [N] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ My love's not the one that I [A] want
[F] _
_ But he's not the [G] one that I need
I'd rather [E] find [D] out for [A] myself
[Am] _
_ _ _ [A] You're the one [Am] _
_ _ that shakes at the touch [F] of my hand _
_ _ But can't decide [G] where he should stand
If I [E] was smart I'd [F] never call you, call [G] you ever [C] again
Oh when my [Em] ears are bled it's [F] just right
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] When he's the only [Em] one _ _ [Dm] _
I've _ [G] ever wanted
[Bm] I suppose [C]
that's [G] just the [Dm] way [C] it is
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Cm] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ Just to think that this could [Cm] be the last time
[G] I'll hold you, hold you ever again
_ [C] Don't think [Em] I'll _ sleep [C] tomorrow
[F] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] Cause he's the [Em] only one _ [Dm] _ I've _ [G] ever wanted
_ [C] Oh when my ears [Em] are bled it's just [F] right _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] Cause he's the [Em] only one I've [D] ever wanted
_ [G] _ _ [Bm] I [F] suppose [Em] that's just [Dm] the [G] way it [C] is _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _