Key: F# minor
Verse 1
Em
G
ere's a mean wind
Em
A
blowin' this way
Em
G
A
Everyone thinks it's okay
Em
G
Em
A
The common law is lowest of all
Em
G
A
So why do we laugh when we watch
C
D
someone else take a fall.
Verse 2
D
G
It's the way of the world
C
F
Em
Say a prayer and it all comes true
D
G
Cross your heart, hold your breath,
F
Em
C
You might make it through
G
Em
Oh lord, please let the landing
A
D
gears come down
C
F
And you know you don't
G
C
F
Em
A
Em
Verse 3
G
Em
Like a good soldier
Em
G
A
I got my reward, it was mine
Em
G
Em
Cut off my hair and burned
Em
G
Sold my voice to the devil
A
C
D
And all I got left was alone.
Verse 4
D
G
It's the way of the world
C
F
Em
Say a prayer and it all comes true
D
G
Cross your heart, hold your breath,
F
Em
C
You might make it through
Em
A
D
ing gears come down
C
F
And you know you don't
D
G
C
F
Em
It's the way of the world
Interlude 1
It's the way of the world.
D
G
C
F
G
Em
D
G
C
F
Em
D
G
C
F
Em
Verse 5
D
G
What were you expecting
C
G
D
G
What were you expecting
C
G
D
G
What were you expecting
C
Am
Em
What did you have planned.
Verse 6
Em
Em
A
she's so very small
Em
G
Em
A
Looking for love and karmic re lief
Em
G
An act of contrition
C
D
That's her belief.
Verse 7
D
G
It's the way of the world
C
F
Em
Say a prayer and it all comes true
D
G
Cross your heart, hold your breath,
F
Em
C
You might make it through
G
Em
Oh lord, please let the landing
A
D
gears come down
C
F
And you know you don't
D
G
C
F
Em
It's the way of the world
D
G
It's the way of the world.
C
F
Em
Verse 8
What were you expecting
D
G
(it's the way of the world I'll
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G
(it's the way of the world
D
G
(it's the way of the world)
C
G
Em
It's not what you had planned.
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