Verse
G D
Everyone seems so damn content
C
Wake up go to work and do it over again
G D C
There surely must be more to life than this?
G D
Shaped to fit in into the machine
C
Just another cog in the spinning wheel
G D C
Until it breaks your back and wears you out
Em D G
It's just the way it is
Em D G
It's just the way it is
Em D G
It's just the way it is
D
Don't ask
Verse
G D
It all really starts as soon as you're born
C
Passed from the mother to the child you know
G D C
A lifelong quest longing for acceptance
G D
Cause everyone's afraid to seem weird
C
You can't be a slut, or a fucking queer
G D C
The powers that be don't want to see it changing
Em D G
It's just the way it is
Em D G
It's just the way it is
Em D G
It's just the way it is
D
Don't ask
Verse
G D
Everyone seems so damn content
C
Wake up go to work and do it over again
G D C
There surely must be more to life than this?
Em D G
It's just the way it is
Em D G
It's just the way it is
Em D G
It's just the way it is
D
Don't ask
Outro
Em D G
(Just the way it is), It's just the way it is
Em D G
(Just the way it is), It's just the way it is
Em D G
(Just the way it is), It's just the way it is
D G
Don't ask