Verse 
G                 D 
Everyone seems so damn content 
C 
Wake up go to work and do it over again 
      G              D                 C 
There surely must be more to life than this? 
G                  D 
Shaped to fit in into the machine 
C 
Just another cog in the spinning wheel 
  G                  D                  C 
Until it breaks your back and wears you out 


[Refrão]
 
Em D G 
       It's just the way it is 
Em D G 
       It's just the way it is 
Em D G 
       It's just the way it is 
      D 
Don't ask 

Verse 
   G                    D 
It all really starts as soon as you're born 
C 
Passed from the mother to the child you know 
  G              D             C 
A lifelong quest longing for acceptance 
      G                 D 
Cause everyone's afraid to seem weird 
    C 
You can't be a slut, or a fucking queer 
    G                    D              C 
The powers that be don't want to see it changing  


[Refrão]
 
Em D G 
       It's just the way it is 
Em D G 
       It's just the way it is 
Em D G 
       It's just the way it is 
      D 
Don't ask 

Verse 
G                 D 
Everyone seems so damn content 
C 
Wake up go to work and do it over again 
      G              D                 C 
There surely must be more to life than this? 


[Refrão]

Em D G 
       It's just the way it is 
Em D G 
       It's just the way it is 
Em D G 
       It's just the way it is 
      D 
Don't ask 

Outro 
 Em       D      G 
(Just the way it is), It's just the way it is 
 Em       D      G 
(Just the way it is), It's just the way it is 
 Em       D      G 
(Just the way it is), It's just the way it is 
      D      G 
Don't ask