Way It Goes
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[Refrão]F# Ebm B F#
I know we're gonna make it but we'll take it slow,
Ebm
You never know what you're gonna get,
B F#
You say you're live your life like Russian roulette
F#
And I know, I know.
Ebm B F#
I know you cant live your life on the run.
Ebm
My daddy told me listen my son,
B F#
Do what I say don't do what I've done.
Verse:
F#
I'm not the best at most the things I try and do.
F#
I make a mess out of most things well yes its true.
Ebm Ebm
But I still climb to the top, before I get to ride it down.
Ebm Ebm
And I don't raise a deal about the things that I have done and found.
F#
Cause I'm, well, just a man, but a man got a lot to lose.
Got a lot of choice to make with not a whole lot of choice to choose.
Ebm
Do I accept my fate or do I go and refuse,
I got to force to state and I got to state the trues.
Abm
And that's the problem, there ain't no right or wrong,
B
One's about getting ahead and one's about getting gone.
[Refrão] F# Ebm B F#
And I, I know we're gonna make it but we'll take it slow,
Ebm
You never know what you're gonna get,
B F#
You say you're live your life like Russian roulette
And I know, I know.
Ebm B F#
Well I know you cant live your life on the run.
Ebm
My daddy told me listen my son,
B F#
Do what I say don't do what I've done.
Verse:
F#
But I ain't calling for no outs or immunities.
F#
I got my problems, but I'm solving them when I'm in the sea.
Ebm
Cause "the finer things are nothing", said my future wife.
Ab
So I told her, "everything else must cost me more than my life."
F#
But I know, that's just the way it goes.
Ebm Db F#
And I know, the way it goes is the way it goes.
Ebm Ebm
And I know, if I don't make it, there'll be a good reason
Ebm Ebm
But if I'm stuck by next year I'm just getting up and I'm leaving
Abm
Cause, that's the problem, there ain't no right or wrong.
B
I said, one's about getting ahead the other's about getting gone.
F# Ebm B
It's a choice if you stop,
F# Ebm B
But it ain't one if there's no use.
F# Ebm B
Gotta climb to the very very top,
F# Ebm B
But If you want the best of the views,
Bm
And its true.
F#
And I know, and I know
[Refrão] Ebm B F#
I know we're gonna make it but we'll take it slow,
Ebm
You never know what you're gonna get,
B F#
You say you're live your life like Russian roulette
And I know, I know.
Ebm B F#
Well I know you cant live your life on the run.
Ebm
My daddy told me listen my son,
B F#
Do what I say don't do what I've done.
What I done
OUTRO:
F# Ebm B F#
F# Ebm B F#
F# Ebm B F#
F# Ebm B F#
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The first identified chord is F#. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.