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Electric light orchestra.
By Sam and Glen Guthrie
The way life's meant to be
Intro;
G for 12 beats
Verse 1;
SOL
Well I came a long way to be here today and
DO
I left you so long on this avenue...
RE
And here I stand in the strangest land not
SOL
Knowing what to say or do...
As I gaze around at these strangers in town I
DO
guess the only stranger is me...
Chorus;
RE
And I wonder, yes I wonder... is this the
SOL
way life's meant to be...
Verse 2;
SOL
Although it's only a day since I was taken away and left
DO
standing here looking in wonder...
RE
Oh the crowd at my feet maybe it's just the old street but
SOL
every thing that I Know lies under...
And when I see what they've done to this place that was
DO
home, shame is all that I feel... Ohhh
Then Chorus
Bridge;
FA SOL DO SOL LAm
Too late too late to cry the people say
FA SOL DO
Too late for you too late for me...
FA SOL DO SOL
You've come so far, nah you know ev'ry thing my
LAm
friend
DO
Love can see the one that's out my way-----
Bass solo; G, C, D, G
SOL DO
Oh---------------wah la...
Then Chorus
SOL
As I wonder around this wreck of a town where people
DO RE
never speak aloud... with it's ivory towers and it's plastic
SOL
flowers I wish I was back in 1981
Just to see your face in stead of this place now I know what
DO
you mean to me. Ohhhh
Then chorus
Through oh la la's G, C, D, G, C
RE
And I wonder, yes I wonder wonder wonder wonder is this
SOL
the way life's meant to be. Ohhhhhhh
SOL
Is this the way life's meant to be mmmmm
RE SOL
Is this the way life's meant to be, I wanna know now
RE SOL
Is this the way life's meant to be.
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