Intro
D C#m Bm Amaj7 (2x) (D played on 5th fret)
verse 1
D C#m
I'm so sorry when I told you
Bm Amaj7
Those smokestacks were making clouds for the sky
D C#m
But if I told you the truth
Bm
It would just bring so many tears
Amaj7
So many tears to your eyes
Bm
I said it that's the way it is
Amaj7
And the way it's gonna be
Bm
If that's the way it is
Amaj7
I'd rather make believe
verse 2
D C#m
Oh remember sitting on that beach
Bm Amaj7
Watching all tha lightning fill up the sky
D
Well you got so scared
C#m Bm Amaj7
Until I told you it was just fireworks like the fourth of July
Bm
I said it that's the way it is
Amaj7
And the way it's gonna be
Bm
If that's the way it is
Amaj7
I'd rather make believe
Bridge
F#7 Bm F#7 Bm C#m Dmaj7
D C#m Bm Amaj7
verse 3
D
I know one day you'll be old enough
C#m Bm Amaj7
To know my stories I told are not true
D
But when you have your own children
C#m
And they ask you questions
Bm Amaj7
You'll know, you'll know just what to do
Bm
You'll say it that's the way it is
Amaj7
And the way it's gonna be
Bm
If that's the way it is
Amaj7
I'd rather make believe
Bm
Oh that's the way it is
Amaj7
And the way it's gonna be
Bm
If that's the way it is
Amaj7
I'd rather make believe