Funny The Way It Is Chords & Tabs
Funny The Way It Is Chords
FUNNY THE WAY IT IS
DAVE MATTHEWS BAND
Beautiful song! music, lyrics...everything!
After reading the other tabs on this song I was kind of dissapointed,
I was going to comment with the corrections, but there were more than
I expected, small ones off course, but yet important. I just hope that
the chords are in the right spot! Enjoy!
Bm is played like this:
Bm or Bmsus2
e----- --2--
B----- --2--
G--4-- --4--
D--4-- --4--
A--2-- --2--
E----- -----
Intro:
Am - G - G - F
Verse:
Am G
Lyin' in the park On a beautiful day
G F
Sun shine in the grass, and the children play
Am G
Siren's passin' Fire engine's red
G F (G)
Someone's house is burning down on a day like this
Verse:
Am G
The evening comes And we're hangin' out
G F
On the front step And a car goes by with the windows rolled down
Am G
And that, war song is playin why can’t we be friends
G F (G)
Someone is screamin' and cryin' in the apartment upstairs
CHORUS:
C G
Funny the way it is And if you think about it
Bm F (G)
Somebody's goin' hungry And someone else is eatin' out
C G
Funny the way it is Whether right or wrong
Bm F (G)
Somebody's heart is broken And it becomes your favorite song
BREAK
E-----------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------2-2-------|
D-------3-3---------------2-2---3-3---5-5-------------|
A-------------3-3---5-5-------------------------------|
E--1-1------------------------------------------------|
Verse:
Am G
The way your mouth feels in your lover's kiss
G F
Like a pretty bird on a breeze Or water to a fish
Am G
But a bomb blast, brings the building crashin' to the floor
G F (G)
Hear the laughter, while the children play war
CHORUS:
C G
Funny the way it is And if you think about it
Bm F (G)
One kid walks 10 miles to school While another's droppin' out
C G
Funny the way it is No matter right or wrong
Bm F
On a soldier's last breath His baby's being born
BREAK
E-----------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------2-2-------|
D-------3-3---------------2-2---3-3---5-5-------------|
A-------------3-3---5-5-------------------------------|
E--1-1------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/dave_matthews_band/funny_the_way_it_is_crd_ver_4.html ]
BRIDGE WITH THE CHORDS & LYRICS BELOW
E------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D------3-3-----0--------2---3-3-2----|------3-3-----0--------2---------| x2
A--5-5-----1-1---1--3-3---3-------3--|--5-5-----1-1---1--3-3---3--(5)--|
E------------------------------------|----------------------------(3)--|
Dm Bb C F (C) Dm
Standin' on a bridge Watch the water passin' under me
Bb C G
It must have been much harder When there was no bridge just water
Dm Bb C F (C)
Now the world is small Remember how it used to be
Dm Bb C G G
With mountains, and oceans, and winters, and rivers and Stars
Violin Fill:
Am - Am - G - G - F - Am - G - G
Verse:
Am G
Watch the sky the jet-planes So far out of my reach
G F
Is there someone up there lookin' down on me?
Am G
Boy chase a bird So close but every time
G F F (G)
He never catch her But he can't stop trying
SOLO
C - G - Bm - F x2
CHORUS:
C G
Funny the way it is And if you think about it
Bm F (G)
One kid walks 10 miles to school While another's droppin' out
C G
Funny the way it is No matter right or wrong
Bm F (G)
On a soldier's last breath His baby's being born
CHORUS:
C G
Funny the way it is No matter right or wrong
Bm F (G)
Somebody's broken heart And it becomes your favorite song
C G
Funny the way it is And if you think about it
Bm F
One kid walks 10 miles to school While another's droppin' out
BREAK
E-----------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------2-2-------|
D-------3-3---------------2-2---3-3---5-5-------------|
A-------------3-3---5-5-------------------------------|
E--1-1------------------------------------------------|
BRIDGE WITH THE CHORDS & LYRICS BELOW
E------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D------3-3-----0--------2---3-3-2----|------3-3-----0--------2---------| x2
A--5-5-----1-1---1--3-3---3-------3--|--5-5-----1-1---1--3-3---3--(5)--|
E------------------------------------|----------------------------(3)--|
BRIDGE:
Dm Bb C F (C) Dm
Standin' on a bridge Watch the water passin' under me
Bb C G
It must have been much harder When there was no bridge just water
Dm Bb C F (C)
Now the world is small Remember how it used to be
Dm Bb C G G Am
With mountains, and oceans, and winters, and rivers and Stars
Thank you
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