Funny The Way It Is Uke tab by Dave Matthews Band

7 Chords used in the song: Am, G, Em, F, C, Bm, Dm

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Year:  2009
Difficulty: 
3.21
(Beginner)
Key: C, AmChords
Am Am
Lyin' in the park
G G
On a beautiful day
Em Em F F
Sun shine in the grass and the children play
Am Am
Siren's passin'
G G
Fire engine's red
Em Em F F
Someone's house is burning down on a day like this


Am Am
The evening comes
G G
And we're hangin' out
Em Em
On the front step
F F
And a car goes by with the windows rolled down
Am Am G G
And that war song is playin “why can't we be friends?”
Em Em F F
Someone's screamin' and cryin' in the apartment upstairs


C C
Funny the way it is
G G
And if you think about it
Bm Bm
Somebody's goin' hungry
F F
And someone else is eatin' out
C C
Funny the way it is
G G
Whether right or wrong
Bm Bm
Somebody's heart is broken
F F
And it becomes your favorite song

Bridge:
xA|-------8-8---3-3---5-5---7-7---8-8---10--10----12--12----|
xE|--1-1----------------------------------------------------|
xC|---------------------------------------------------------|
xG|---------------------------------------------------------|


Am Am G G
The way your mouth feels in your lover's kiss
Em Em
Like a pretty bird on a breeze
F F
Or water to a fish
Am Am G G
But a bomb blast brings the building crashin' to the floor
Em Em F F
Hear the laughter while the children play war

Chorus:
C C
Funny the way it is
G G
And if you think about it
Bm Bm
One kid walks 10 miles to school
F F
While another's droppin' out
C C
Funny the way it is
G G
No matter right or wrong
Bm Bm
On a soldier's last breath
F F
His baby's being born

Bridge:
xA|-------8-8---3-3---5-5---7-7---8-8---10--10----12--12----|
xE|--1-1----------------------------------------------------|
xC|---------------------------------------------------------|
xG|---------------------------------------------------------|

Dm Dm C C
Standin' on a Bridge
F F Dm Dm
Watch the water passin' under me
C C
It must have been much harder

When there was no Bridge just water
Dm Dm C C
Now the world is small
F F
Remember how it used to be
Dm Dm
With mountains, and oceans, and winters, and rivers and
G G
Stars

Interlude - x2 -: Am Am G G G G F F

Verse:
Am Am G G
Watch the sky the jet-planes
Em Em
So far out of my reach
F F
Is there someone up there lookin' down on me?
Am Am
Boy chase a bird
G G
So close but every time
Em Em
He never catch her
F F
But he can't stop trying

Chorus:
C C
Funny the way it is
G G
And if you think about it
Bm Bm
One kid walks 10 miles to school
F F
While another's droppin' out
C C
Funny the way it is
G G
No matter right or wrong
Bm Bm
On a soldier's last breath
F F
His baby's being born


C C
Funny the way it is
G G
No matter right or wrong
Bm Bm
Somebody's broken heart
F F
And it becomes your favorite song


C C
Funny the way it is
G G
And if you think about it
Bm Bm
One kid walks 10 miles to school
F F
While another's droppin' out

Bridge:
xA|-------8-8---3-3---5-5---7-7---8-8---10--10----12--12----|
xE|--1-1----------------------------------------------------|
xC|---------------------------------------------------------|
xG|---------------------------------------------------------|

Dm Dm C C
Standin' on a Bridge
F F Dm Dm
Watch the water passin' under me
C C
It must have been much harder

When there was no Bridge just water
Dm Dm C C
Now the world is small
F F
Remember how it used to be
Dm Dm
With mountains, and oceans, and winters, and rivers and
G G
Stars

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About this song: Funny The Way It Is

Dave Matthews told MTV News: "It's a pretty song and it talks about a lot of things... death and love and all those things... but it also talks about the world of opposites that we are in." (Source Funny The Way It Is Songfacts).

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