JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "The Way It Is" adalah lagu terpopuler dari Bruce Hornsby bersama dengan band-nya, The Range.
Keluar sebagai singel kedua, "The Way It Is" rilis pada 1986 dalam album yang juga berjudul sama.
Melalui album ini, Bruce Hornsby bersama band-nya berhasil meraih Grammy Awards untuk kategori Best New Artist pada 1987.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Across the River - Bruce Hornsby
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "The Way It Is" ciptaan Bruce Hornsby.
[Verse 1]
Am Em
Standing in line marking time
D C G
Waiting for the welfare dime
D C
'Cause they can't buy a job
Am Em
The man in the silk suit hurries by
D C G
As he catches the poor ladies' eyes
D C
Just for fun he says "get a job"
[Chorus]
G F C
That's just the way it is,
G F C
Somethings will never change,
G F C
That's just the way it is,
G F C
Ah, but don't you believe them.
Am Em D C G D C
[Verse 2]
Am Em D C G
They say hey little boy you can't go where the others go
D C
'Cause you don't look like they do
Am Em D C
Said hey old man how can you stand to think that way
G D C
Did you really think about it before you made the rules, he said, son
[Chorus]
G F C
That's just the way it is,
G F C
Somethings will never change,
G F C
That's just the way it is,
G F C
Ah, but don't you believe them.
Am Em D C G D C
G F C
That's just the way it is,
G F C
That's just the way it is,
[Verse ]
Am Em
Well they passed a law in '64
D C G
To give those who ain't got a little more
D C
But it only goes so far
Am Em
because the law don't change another's mind
D
When all it sees at
C G D C
the hiring time is the line on the color bar
[Chorus]
G F C
That's just the way it is,
G F C
Some things will never change,
G F C
That's just the way it is,
G F C
Thats just the way it is, it is, it is, it is,