Biography:
Bruce Randall Hornsby (born November 23, 1954 in Williamsburg, Virginia) is an American singer, virtuoso pianist, accordion player, and songwriter. He is probably best known for his 1980s signature song "The Way It Is" and the top five hits "Mandolin Rain," and "The Valley Road", all recorded as Bruce Hornsby & The Range, and for his long association with the Grateful Dead. In some of his solo albums (from 1993) he moved in a less commercial, more musically-challenging direction.
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Other songs:
- Across The River
- Cyclone
- Down The Road Tonight
- Every Little Kiss
- Fire On The Cross
- I Will Walk With You
- In The Low Country
- King Of The Hill
- Line In The Dust
- Look Out Any Window
- Lost Soul
- Mandolin Rain
- Rainbows Cadillac
- Resting Place
- Sunlight Moon
- Thats Just The Way It Is
- Thats The Way It Is
- The Long Race
- The Old Playground
- The Valley Road
- Till The Dreamings Done
- Walk In The Sun
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Standard tuning
Am7 / Em7 / D / Cadd9 / G / D / Cadd9 / Am7 / Em7 / D / Cadd9 / G / D / Cadd9 /
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|----------------------------------------------------------------------| x 2
4 bars drums
Am7 / Em7 / D / Cadd9 / G / D / Cadd9 / Am7 / Em7 / D / Cadd9 / G / D / Cadd9 / x2
[Verse]
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"
[Chorus]
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 / Am7 / Em7 / D / Cadd9 / G / D / Cadd9 /
[Verse]
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
[Chorus]
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 / Am7 / Em7 / D / Cadd9 / G / D / Cadd9 /
[Solo]
Am7 / Em7 / D / Cadd9 / G / D / Cadd9 / Am7 / Em7 / D / Cadd9 / G / D / Cadd9 / x5
G Fmaj7 C Cadd9
//// //// /// That's just the way it is,
G Fmaj7 C Cadd9
//// //// /// That's just the way it is,
[Verse]
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
[Bridge]
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]
Am7 / Em7 / D / Cadd9 / G / D / Cadd9 / Am7 / Em7 / D / Cadd9 / G / D / Cadd9 / to fade
Am7 / Em7 / D / Cadd9 / G / D / Cadd9 / Am7 / Em7 / D / Cadd9 / G / D / Cadd9 /
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|----------------------------------------------------------------------| x 2
4 bars drums
Am7 / Em7 / D / Cadd9 / G / D / Cadd9 / Am7 / Em7 / D / Cadd9 / G / D / Cadd9 / x2
[Verse]
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"
[Chorus]
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 / Am7 / Em7 / D / Cadd9 / G / D / Cadd9 /
[Verse]
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
[Chorus]
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 / Am7 / Em7 / D / Cadd9 / G / D / Cadd9 /
[Solo]
Am7 / Em7 / D / Cadd9 / G / D / Cadd9 / Am7 / Em7 / D / Cadd9 / G / D / Cadd9 / x5
G Fmaj7 C Cadd9
//// //// /// That's just the way it is,
G Fmaj7 C Cadd9
//// //// /// That's just the way it is,
[Verse]
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
[Bridge]
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]
Am7 / Em7 / D / Cadd9 / G / D / Cadd9 / Am7 / Em7 / D / Cadd9 / G / D / Cadd9 / to fade
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