THAT'S THE WAY - Led Zeppelin
Standard Tuning (EADGBe), Capo 2

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[INTRO]

         
       
         
         


[VERSE]

        
I don't know h

            
ow I'm gonna t

#        
ell you 
        
I can't play w

          
ith you no mor

        
e
        
I don't know h

            
ow I'm gonna d

#        
o what mama to

          
ld me
        
My  friend, th

          
e boy next doo

        
r


[INSTRUMENTAL]

         
       
         
        

         
       
         
         


[VERSE]

        
I can't believ

             
e what people 

          
saying
          
You're gonna l

#           
et your hair h

            
ang down
        
I'm satisfied 

           
to sit here wo

         
rking all day 

       
long
           
You're in the 

          
darker side of

       
 town


[INSTRUMENTAL]

         
       
         
        

         
       
         
         


[VERSE]

          
And when I'm o

#          
ut I see you w

#               
alking 
           
Why don't your

              
 eyes see me?
        
Could it be yo

           
u've found ano

         
ther game to p

        
lay?  
        
What did mama 

            
say to me?


[CHORUS]

            
That's the way

              
, Oh, that's t

              
he way it ough

   
t to be

       
(no lyrics)

  
       
(no lyrics)



            
Yeah, yeah, ma

              
ma say that's 

              
the way it oug

             
ht to stay


[INSTRUMENTAL]

         
       
         
         


[VERSE]

        
And yesterday 

          
I saw you stan

          
ding by the ri

          
ver
         
And weren't th

             
ose tears that

            
 filled your e

#          
yes?
         
And all the fi

            
sh that lay in

       
 dirty water d

       
ying
        
Had they got y

                
ou hypnotized?


[INSTRUMENTAL]

         
       
         
        

         
       
         
         


[VERSE]

        
And yesterday 

          
I saw you kiss

          
ing tiny flowe

     
rs
          
But all that l

#           
ives is born t

          
o die
        
And so I say t

          
o you that not

          
hing really ma

        
tters 
         
And all you do

            
 is stand and 

        
cry


[INSTRUMENTAL]

         
       
         
        

         
       
         
         


[VERSE]

          
I don't know w

#         
hat to say abo

         
ut it 
          
When all you e

#           
ars have turne

           
d away
           
But now's the 

          
time to look a

        
nd look again 

           
at what you se

   
e
         
Is that the wa

            
y it ought to 

       
stay?


[CHORUS]

            
That's the way

              
, Oh, that's t

              
he way it ough

   
t to be

       
(no lyrics)

  
       
(no lyrics)



            
Yeah, yeah, ma

              
ma say that's 

              
the way it oug

             
ht to stay


[OUTRO]