[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
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[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
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|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
[Verse] [G] From father to [C] son, the blood runs thin [D] , ooohhh see the [A] faces frozen still [F] against the wind [F] [G] The seam is split [C] The coal-face cracked [G] The lines are long [C] There's no going back [G] Through hands of steel [C] And heart of stone [G] Our labour da [C] y Has come and [D] gone [D]
[Bridge] They [A] leave me holdin' on In [F] Red Hill Town See the [F/C] lights go down on
[Chorus] [G] Hanging on [D] You're all that's left to [F] hold on to [C] I'm still waiting [G] I'm hanging on [D] You're all that's left to [F] hold on to. [F]
[Verse] [G] The glass is cut [C] The bottle run dry [G] Our love runs cold [C] In the caverns of the night [G] We're wounded by fear [C] Injured in doubt [G] I can lose my [C] self You I can't live with [D] out [D]
[Bridge] Yeah, you [A] keep me holdin' on In [F] Red Hill Town See the [F] lights go down on
[Chorus] [G] Hanging on [D] You're all that's left to [F] hold on to [C] I'm still waiting [G] I'm hanging on [D] You're all that's left to [F] hold on to [F] On t [(G)] o
[Verse] [G] We scorch the earth [C] Set fire to the sky [G] And we stooped so low [C] To reach so high [G] A link is lost [C] The chain undone [G] We wait all day [C] For night to [D] come And it [Am] comes like a [F] hunter child [F]
[Chorus] [G] I'm hanging on [D] You're all that's left to [F] hold on to [C] I'm still waiting [G] I'm hanging on [D] You're all that's left to [F] hold on to [C] [G] Love [D] slowly stripped away [F] Love has [C] seen its better day [G] Hanging on [D] Lights go down on [F] Red Hill [C] Lights go down on Red [G] Hill [D] Lights go down on Red [F] Hill's Town [F] [F] Lights go down on Red [F(let] Hill T [ring)] own
