The Way Its Always Been Chords
The Way Its Always Been by Brandon Flowers is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, C, Bb, Dm, Gm, Am and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
F C Bb F
They shut down the Golden Sahara Hotel
F C Bb F
Jessica says it won't be long 'til they blow it all to hell
F C Bb F
She's standing in the front yard cut off and skins
F C Bb F
Me and her brother we been friends, since I can't remember when
F C Bb F
Ain't that the way it's always been?
F C Bb F
Everybody sittin' around waiting for the sun to come again
F C Bb F
A shift at the chemical plant, a white wedding dress
F C Bb F
I wake up every morning and I wonder if I'm gonna pass the test
F C Bb F
Try to live up to but she's got in mind
F C Bb F
Sometimes the pressure's so heavy I feel like leaving it all behind me
F C Bb F
Ain't that the way that it's always been?
F C Bb F
Laying low just long enough for the dust to settle down
F C Bb F
The black and the white, the thick and the thin
F C Bb F
And hoping that He's really got the power to save us from these sins
F C Bb F
Everybody sittin' around waiting for the sun to come again
Bb Dm
I took a long walk yesterday
Gm Am Dm
To a field where I used to play
F Bb
I saw myself in the corner of my mind
C
I was twelve years old and blind
Bb
To the big wheel and the grind
Bb Dm Am x2
Bb
Bb - C
F C Bb F
Ain't that the way that it's always been?
F C Bb F
Standin' at the water's edge waiting for the fog to clear
F C Bb F
Tackle or touch, you sink or you swim
F C Bb F
And hoping that He's really got the power to save us from these sins
F C Bb F
Everybody sittin' around waiting for the sun to come again
G Bb F
They're waiting for the sun to come again
*Outro:
C Bb F
F C Bb - F
Enjoy!