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e|---5-7-8-8-7--5-5-7-----5-7-8-7-5-------------------------------------|
B|---------------8---8-5-3---------8-8----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Intro]
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[Strophe]
Am7              Em7 
Standing in line marking time 
D               Cadd9          G 
Waiting for the welfare dime 
D                       Cadd9 
'Cause they can't buy a job 
Am7                      Em7 
The man in the silk suit hurries by 
D                      Cadd9          G 
As he catches the poor ladies' eyes 
D                           Cadd9 
Just for fun he says "get a job"
[Refrain]
G       Fmaj7   C                       Cadd9 
                        That's just the way it is, 
G       Fmaj7   C                       Cadd9 
                        Somethings will never change, 
G       Fmaj7   C                       Cadd9 
                        That's just the way it is, 
G       Fmaj7   C               Cadd9 
                        Ah, but don't you believe them.
[Strophe]
         Am7            Em7          D                Cadd9       G 
They say hey little boy you can't go where the others go 
                 D              Cadd9 
'Cause you don't look like they do 
     Am7         Em7                  D          Cadd9 
Said hey old man how can you stand to think that way 
        G            D                   Cadd9 
Did you really think about it before you made the rules, he said, son
[Refrain]
G       Fmaj7   C                       Cadd9 
                        That's just the way it is, 
G       Fmaj7   C                       Cadd9 
                        Somethings will never change, 
G       Fmaj7   C                       Cadd9 
                        That's just the way it is, 
G       Fmaj7   C               Cadd9 
                        Ah, but don't you believe them.
 Am7  Em7   D  Cadd9  G   D   Cadd9     
                                   oo ya
[Solo]
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[Refrain]
G       Fmaj7   C                       Cadd9 
                        That's just the way it is, 
G       Fmaj7   C                       Cadd9 
                        That's just the way it is,
[Strophe]
          Am7              Em7   D                    Cadd9             G 
Well they passed a law in '64 To give those who ain't got a little more 
       D            Cadd9 
But it only goes so far 
            Am7              Em7 
because the law don't change another's mind 
     D                  Cadd9     G        D           Cadd9 
When all it sees at the hiring time is the line on the color bar
[Pont]
G       Fmaj7   C                       Cadd9 
                        That's just the way it is, 
G       Fmaj7   C                       Cadd9 
                        Some things will never change, 
G       Fmaj7   C                       Cadd9 
                        That's just the way it is, 
G       Fmaj7   C                       Cadd9 
                        Thats just the way it is, it is, it is, it is,
[Solo]
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[Outro]
G       Fmaj7   C        Cadd9 x7
[fade]