The Way It Goes Chords by Status Quo
Tempo:
82.35 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
D
F#
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] Oh, [E] oh, oh, oh, [A] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
[D] Livin' [E] isn't easy, feelin' [F#] boutin' breezy, everybody has to try.
[D] Seein' and [E] believin' never shown [A] the reason why.
[D] Even when [E] we grow up and the [F#] body's slow up, no, no, no.
[D] We'll take a [E] gain until we [A]
understand.
And that's [E] the way it goes, oh [A] everybody knows, that you [E] can't survive, oh if [A] you ain't got pride.
Well [D] those velvet wings, they [A] can't help you fly.
Well [D] those velvet wings won't always help you [E] to get by, but you [A] must carry on.
[E]
[A] [D]
People try [E] and tell you anything they [F#] want to, saying that it's only fun, [D]
when they got
you [E] looking down the barrel [A] of a gun.
[D]
Never if we [E] know it, are we gonna [F#] blow it, no, no, no, [D] but we think we [E] can, so we [A] understand.
And that's the [E] way it goes, oh [A] everybody knows, that you [E] can't survive, oh if you [A] ain't got pride.
Well those [D] velvet wings, they can't [A] help you fly.
Well those [D] velvet wings won't always help you [E] to get by, but you [A] must carry on.
[F#] I haven't [F#m] told any secrets, [A]
so don't let you tell any lies, [F#m] something as obvious as saying
[D]
that's the way it [Em] goes, that's the way it [A] goes.
[Bm] [D] [A]
[D] [A]
And those [D] velvet wings, they can't [A] help you fly.
Well those [D] velvet wings won't always help you [E] to get by, but you [A] must carry on.
And that's the [E] way it goes, oh [A] everybody knows, that you [E] can't survive, oh if you [A] ain't got pride.
Well those [D] velvet wings, they can't [A] help you fly.
Well those [D] velvet wings won't always help you [E] to get by, but you [A] must carry on.
And those [D] velvet wings, they can't [A] help you fly.
Well those [D] velvet wings [E] won't always help you to get by, but you must carry on.
[A] [E]
[D] Livin' [E] isn't easy, feelin' [F#] boutin' breezy, everybody has to try.
[D] Seein' and [E] believin' never shown [A] the reason why.
[D] Even when [E] we grow up and the [F#] body's slow up, no, no, no.
[D] We'll take a [E] gain until we [A]
understand.
And that's [E] the way it goes, oh [A] everybody knows, that you [E] can't survive, oh if [A] you ain't got pride.
Well [D] those velvet wings, they [A] can't help you fly.
Well [D] those velvet wings won't always help you [E] to get by, but you [A] must carry on.
[E]
[A] [D]
People try [E] and tell you anything they [F#] want to, saying that it's only fun, [D]
when they got
you [E] looking down the barrel [A] of a gun.
[D]
Never if we [E] know it, are we gonna [F#] blow it, no, no, no, [D] but we think we [E] can, so we [A] understand.
And that's the [E] way it goes, oh [A] everybody knows, that you [E] can't survive, oh if you [A] ain't got pride.
Well those [D] velvet wings, they can't [A] help you fly.
Well those [D] velvet wings won't always help you [E] to get by, but you [A] must carry on.
[F#] I haven't [F#m] told any secrets, [A]
so don't let you tell any lies, [F#m] something as obvious as saying
[D]
that's the way it [Em] goes, that's the way it [A] goes.
[Bm] [D] [A]
[D] [A]
And those [D] velvet wings, they can't [A] help you fly.
Well those [D] velvet wings won't always help you [E] to get by, but you [A] must carry on.
And that's the [E] way it goes, oh [A] everybody knows, that you [E] can't survive, oh if you [A] ain't got pride.
Well those [D] velvet wings, they can't [A] help you fly.
Well those [D] velvet wings won't always help you [E] to get by, but you [A] must carry on.
And those [D] velvet wings, they can't [A] help you fly.
Well those [D] velvet wings [E] won't always help you to get by, but you must carry on.
[A] [E]
Key:
A
E
D
F#
F#m
A
E
D
[A] Oh, [E] oh, oh, oh, [A] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
[D] Livin' [E] isn't easy, feelin' [F#] boutin' breezy, everybody has to try.
[D] Seein' and [E] believin' never shown [A] the reason why.
_ _ [D] Even when [E] we grow up and the [F#] body's slow up, no, no, no.
[D] We'll take a [E] gain until we [A]
understand.
And that's [E] the way it goes, oh [A] everybody knows, that you [E] can't survive, oh if [A] you ain't got pride.
Well [D] those velvet wings, they [A] can't help you fly.
Well [D] those velvet wings won't always help you [E] to get by, but you [A] must carry on.
_ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D]
People try [E] and tell you anything they [F#] want to, saying that it's only fun, [D]
when they got
you [E] looking down the barrel [A] of a gun.
_ _ [D]
Never if we [E] know it, are we gonna [F#] blow it, no, no, no, [D] but we think we [E] can, so we [A] understand.
And that's the [E] way it goes, oh [A] everybody knows, that you [E] can't survive, oh if you [A] ain't got pride.
Well those [D] velvet wings, they can't [A] help you fly.
Well those [D] velvet wings won't always help you [E] to get by, but you [A] must carry on.
_ _ [F#] I haven't [F#m] told any secrets, [A]
so don't let you tell any lies, [F#m] something as obvious as saying
[D]
that's the way it [Em] goes, that's the way it [A] goes.
[Bm] _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ And those [D] velvet wings, they can't [A] help you fly.
Well those [D] velvet wings won't always help you [E] to get by, but you [A] must carry on.
And that's the [E] way it goes, oh [A] everybody knows, that you [E] can't survive, oh if you [A] ain't got pride.
Well those [D] velvet wings, they can't [A] help you fly.
Well those [D] velvet wings won't always help you [E] to get by, but you [A] must carry on.
And those [D] velvet wings, they can't [A] help you fly.
Well those [D] velvet _ wings [E] won't always help you to get by, but you must carry on.
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _
[D] Livin' [E] isn't easy, feelin' [F#] boutin' breezy, everybody has to try.
[D] Seein' and [E] believin' never shown [A] the reason why.
_ _ [D] Even when [E] we grow up and the [F#] body's slow up, no, no, no.
[D] We'll take a [E] gain until we [A]
understand.
And that's [E] the way it goes, oh [A] everybody knows, that you [E] can't survive, oh if [A] you ain't got pride.
Well [D] those velvet wings, they [A] can't help you fly.
Well [D] those velvet wings won't always help you [E] to get by, but you [A] must carry on.
_ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D]
People try [E] and tell you anything they [F#] want to, saying that it's only fun, [D]
when they got
you [E] looking down the barrel [A] of a gun.
_ _ [D]
Never if we [E] know it, are we gonna [F#] blow it, no, no, no, [D] but we think we [E] can, so we [A] understand.
And that's the [E] way it goes, oh [A] everybody knows, that you [E] can't survive, oh if you [A] ain't got pride.
Well those [D] velvet wings, they can't [A] help you fly.
Well those [D] velvet wings won't always help you [E] to get by, but you [A] must carry on.
_ _ [F#] I haven't [F#m] told any secrets, [A]
so don't let you tell any lies, [F#m] something as obvious as saying
[D]
that's the way it [Em] goes, that's the way it [A] goes.
[Bm] _ [D] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ And those [D] velvet wings, they can't [A] help you fly.
Well those [D] velvet wings won't always help you [E] to get by, but you [A] must carry on.
And that's the [E] way it goes, oh [A] everybody knows, that you [E] can't survive, oh if you [A] ain't got pride.
Well those [D] velvet wings, they can't [A] help you fly.
Well those [D] velvet wings won't always help you [E] to get by, but you [A] must carry on.
And those [D] velvet wings, they can't [A] help you fly.
Well those [D] velvet _ wings [E] won't always help you to get by, but you must carry on.
[A] _ _ _ _ [E] _
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