[Verse 1] Am7 Em7 Standing in line marking time D Cadd9 Waiting for the welfare dime G D Cadd9 'Cause they can't buy a job Am7 Em7 The man in the silk suit hurries by D Cadd9 As he catches the poor old ladies' eyes G 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 Some things 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
[Verse 2] Am7 Em7 D Cadd9 They say hey, little boy you can't go where the others go G 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 Some things 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 | Ooh ya
[Solo] |Am7 Em7 |D Cadd9 |G D |Cadd9 |
|Am7 Em7 |D Cadd9 |G D |Cadd9 |
|Am7 Em7 |D Cadd9 |G D |Cadd9 |
|Am7 Em7 |D Cadd9 |G D |Cadd9 |
|Am7 Em7 |D Cadd9 |G D |Cadd9 |
G Fmaj7 C Cadd9 That's just the way it is G Fmaj7 C Cadd9 That's just the way it is
[Verse 3] Am7 Em7 D Cadd9 Well, they passed a law in '64 to give those who ain't got a little more G 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
[Chorus] 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 That's just the way it is, it is, it is, it is
[Intro - BPM 140] Opening keyboard part Just bass drum E-55--5------ B-XX--X------ G-XX--X------ x 2 D-77--7------ A-XX--X------ E-55--5------
[Intro 2 - Start with strummed muted string triplets with full drums as per higher ground] [Am][C][F] ([C] x [G]) x - triplet feel) (x2)
[Verse 1 - on Em you can play double snare sometimes to emphasise that bit] [G] Some
[Am] times, [C] I [F] feel, I've [C]got [G]to; [Am] (double snare) [C] Run a- [F] way, I've [C]got [G]to; [Am] (double snare) [C] Get A- [F] way, From the [C]pain [G]you [Am] drive in- [C] to the [F] heart of [C]me [G]the
[Am] love [C] we [F] share, [C]seems [G]to, [Am] Go [C] no [F] where [C]And [G]I've [Am] lost [C] my [F] light, [C]For [G]I [Am] toss and [C] turn; I can't [F] sleep at night [C][G].
[Chorus 1] [A] Once I ran to you, [C] now I run from you, [F] This tainted love you've given, I [Dm] give you all a boy could give you. [Dsus2] Take my tears and that's not nearly... (GET READY - HIGH A) [Am] All, [C] Tainted [F] love, [C]oh, [G]oh, oh, [Am] ..... [C] Tainted [F] love. [C][G]
[Verse 2] [Am] Now [C] I [F] know, I've [C]got [G]to; [Am] (double snare) [C] Run a- [F] way, I've [C]got [G]to; [Am] (double snare) [C] Get A- [F] way [C]You [G]don't [Am] really [C] want any [F] more from [C]me [G]to
[Am] make [C] things [F] right You [C]need [G]some [Am] one to [C] hold you [F] tight. [C]And [G]you [Am] think love [C] is to [F] pray, [C]But [G]I'm [Am] sorry, [C] I don't [F] pray that [C]way. [G]
[Chorus 2] [A] Once I ran to you, [C] now I run from you, [F] This tainted love you've given, I [Dm] give you all a boy could give you. [Dsus2] Take my tears and that's not nearly... [Am] All, [C] Tainted [F] love, [C]oh, [G]oh, oh, [Am] ..... [C] Tainted [F] love. [C][G]Don't
[Verse 3] [Am] touch [C] me, [F] please, I [C]can [G]not [Am] stand the [C] way you [F] tease. [C] I [G] [Am] love you, though you [C] hurt me [F] so, [C]Now [G]I'm [Am] going to [C] pack my [F] things and go[C][G]
