Tom: B
Introdução:
F A#/F
All day long he was fighting for you
F A#/F
And he didn't even know your name
F A#/F
Young men come and young men go
F A#/F
But life goes on just the same
C
And I don't know why
Dm7
Why do we keep holding on
C
I don't know why
Dm7
Pretending to be oh so strong
C
Oh why
Dm7
Is there something I don't know
C Dm7
Or something very wrong with you and me
F A#
Or maybe
F A#/F F A#/F
That's the way it is
F A#/F
That's the way it is
F A#/F
They've been waiting for word to come down
F A#/F
They've been waiting for you night and day
F A#/F
They won't wait any longer for you
F A#/F
It may already be too late
C
And I don't know why
Dm7
Why do we keep holding on
C
I don't know why
Dm7
Pretending to be oh so strong
C
Oh why
Dm7
Is there something I don't know
C Dm7
Or something very wrong with you and me
F A#/F
Or maybe
F A#/F F A#/F
That's the way it is
F A#/F
That's the just way it is
Gm7 D#
You see the dying, you feel the pain
A# Cm7
What have you got to say
Gm7 D#
If we agree that we can disagree
A# Cm7
We could stop all of this today
F A#/F
It's been your life for as long as you can remember
F A#/F
But you cannot fight no more
F A#/F
You must want to look your son in the eyes
F A#/F
When he asks you what you did it for
F A#/F
'cos all day long he was fighting for you
F A#/F
And he didn't even know your name
F A#/F
Young men come and young men go
F A#/F
But life goes on just the same
C
and I don't know why
A Dm7
Why do we keep holding on
C
I don't know why
Dm7
Pretending to be oh so strong
C
Oh why
Dm7
Is there something no one told me
C Dm7
Or something very wrong with you and me
F A#
Or maybe
F A#/F
That's the way it is, (that's the way…)
F A#/F
Thers's nothing I can do
F A#/F
That's just the way it is
That's the way...)