The Way Life's Meant To Be original guitar chords by
Electric Light Orchestra

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Key: Bb major

Intro 1

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Verse 1
Bb Bb 
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Well, I came a long way to be here today
Eb Eb 6
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And I left you so long on this avenue
F F 
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And here I stand, in the strangest land
Bb Bb 
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Not knowing what to say or  do
Bb Bb 
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As I gaze around at these strangers in town
Eb Eb 6
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I guess the only stranger is me
F F 
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And I wonder (yes, I wonder)
Yes, I wonder (oh, I wonder)
Bb Bb 
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Is this the way life's meant to be?

Verse 2
Bb Bb 
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Although it's only a day
since I was taken away
Eb Eb 6
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And left standing here looking in wonder
(it's your life, it's your life)
F F 
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Oh, the ground at my feet,
maybe it's just the old street
Bb Bb 
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But everything that I know lies under
(it's your life, it's your life)
Bb Bb 
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And when I see what they've done
to this place that was home
Eb Eb 6
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Shame is all that I feel
F F 
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Oh, and I wonder (oh, I wonder)
Yes, I wonder (...wonder, wonder,
wonder, wonder)
Bb Bb 
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Is this the way life's meant to be?

Bridge 1
Eb Eb 6
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F F 
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Too late, too late to cry,
Bb Bb 
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D/A D/A 2
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Gm Gm 3
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the peo- ple   say
Eb Eb 6
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F F 
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Bb Bb 
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Too late for you, too late for me
Eb Eb 6
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F F 
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You've come so far,
Bb Bb 
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D/A D/A 2
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Gm Gm 3
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now you know everything, my friend
C7 C7 
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Eb Eb 6
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(Look and see the wonders of our world)

Solo 1
Bb Bb 
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Bb Bb 
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Bb Bb 
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Eb Eb 6
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F F 
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F F 
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F F 
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Bb Bb 
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Bb Bb 
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Bb Bb 
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Bb Bb 
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Eb Eb 6
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Eb Eb 6
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F F 
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And I wonder (oh, I wonder)
Yes, I wonder (yes, I wonder)
Bb Bb 
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Is this the way life's meant to be?

Verse 3
Bb Bb 
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As I wander around this wreck of a town
Eb Eb 6
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Where people never speak aloud
F F 
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With its ivory towers and its plastic flowers
Bb Bb 
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I wish I was back in nineteen eighty-one
Bb Bb 
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Just to see your face, instead of this place
Eb Eb 6
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Now I know what you mean to me, ooh
F F 
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And I wonder (oh, I wonder)
Yes, I wonder (yes, I wonder)
Bb Bb 
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Is this the way life's meant to be?

Outro 1
Bb Bb 
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Eb Eb 6
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(Ooh, la la la la la, la la la la la la, la)
F F 
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F F 
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Bb Bb 
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(Ooh, la la la la la, la la la la la la, la  la-la
Bb Bb 
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Eb Eb 6
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(Ooh, la la la la la, la la la la la la, la)
F F 
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And I wonder (oh, I wonder)
Yes, I wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder
Bb Bb 
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Is this the way life's meant to be?
F F 
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Ooh, I wonder
Oh, I wonder, wonder, wonder
Bb Bb 
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Is this the way life's meant to be?
F F 
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Bb Bb 
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Oh, oh oh, is this the way life's meant to be?
F F 
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Bb Bb 
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Mm- mm, is this the way life's meant to be?
I wanna know now,
F F 
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Bb Bb 
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is this the way life's meant to be?

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ChordsBb Eb F D/A Gm...

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