JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Fiona Apple merupakan penyanyi kenamaan asal Amerika Serikat yang melantunkan lagu “The Way Things Are”.
Bergenre alternative-rock, lagu tersebut dirilis melalui Clean State Records pada 1999.
Lagu tersebut muncul dalam album keduanya yang bertajuk When the Pawn…
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Pure Imagination dari Fiona Apple
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “The Way Things Are” dari Fiona Apple.
[Intro]
B Am F C
B Am F C
[Verse 1]
B Am F
I wouldn't know what to do with another chance
C
If you gave it to me
B Am F
I couldn't take the embrace of a real romance
C
It'd race right through me
F Em Dm Am
I'm much better off the way things are, are
F Em Dm Am
Much much better off, better by far, by far
[Verse 2]
B Am F
I wouldn't know what to say to a gentle voice
C
It'd roll right past me
B Am F
And if you chalk it up you'll see I don't really have a choice
C
So don't even ask me
F Em Dm Am
I'm much better off the way things are, are
F Em Dm Am
Much much better off, better by far, by far
[Chorus]
G Em Bm
So keep on calling me names, keep on, keep on
G Em Bm
And I'll keep kicking the crap till it's gone
G Em Bm
If you keep on killing, you could get me to settle
Am
And as soon as I settle, I bet I'll be
F Am
Able to move on
F Am
[Bridge]
F Em F Em
How can I fight, when we're on the same side
F Em B7
How can I fight beside you
[Instrumental]
B Am F C x2
F C Dm Am x2
Am
[Chorus]
G Em Bm
Keep on calling me names, keep on, keep on
G Em Bm
And I'll keep kicking the crap till it's gone
G Em Bm
If you keep on killing, you could get me to settle
Am
And as soon as I settle, I bet I'll be
F Am
Able to move on
F Am x2
[Chorus]
G Em Bm
So keep on calling me names, keep on, keep on
G Em Bm
And I'll keep kicking the crap till it's gone
G Em Bm
If you keep on killing, you could get me to settle
Em
And as soon as I settle, I bet I'll be
F Am
Able to move on
F Am x12
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