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Version 1 Version 2THAT'S THE WAY - Led Zeppelin Standard Tuning (EADGBe), Capo 2 ***PLEASE READ DESCRIPTION [INTRO] E F#m G#m B G#m F#m E F#m E F#m G#m B G#m F#m E F#m E [VERSE] F#m G#m B G#m F#m E F#m E I don't know how I'm gonna tell you F#m G#m B G#m F#m E F#m E I can't play with you no more F#m G#m B G#m F#m E F#m E I don't know how I'm gonna do what mama told me F#m G#m B G#m F#m E F#m My friend, the boy next door [INSTRUMENTAL] E F#m G#m B G#m F#m E F#m E F#m G#m B G#m F#m E F#m E F#m G#m B G#m F#m E F#m E F#m G#m B G#m F#m E F#m E [VERSE] F#m G#m B G#m F#m E F#m E I can't believe what people saying F#m G#m B G#m F#m E F#m E You're gonna let your hair hang down F#m G#m B G#m F#m E F#m E I'm satisfied to sit here working all day long F#m G#m B G#m F#m E F#m You're in the darker side of town [INSTRUMENTAL] E F#m G#m B G#m F#m E F#m E F#m G#m B G#m F#m E F#m E F#m G#m B G#m F#m E F#m E F#m G#m B G#m F#m E F#m E [VERSE] F#m G#m B G#m F#m E F#m E And when I'm out I see you walking F#m G#m B G#m F#m E F#m E Why don't your eyes see me? F#m G#m B G#m F#m E F#m E Could it be you've found another game to play? F#m G#m B G#m F#m E F#m What did mama say to me? [CHORUS] Bm That's the way, Oh, that's the way it ought to be E F#m G#m B (no lyrics) G#m F#m E F#m (no lyrics) Bm B E7 F#m Yeah, yeah, mama say that's the way it ought to stay [INSTRUMENTAL] E F#m G#m B G#m F#m E F#m E F#m G#m B G#m F#m E F#m E [VERSE] F#m G#m B G#m F#m E F#m E And yesterday I saw you standing by the river F#m G#m B G#m F#m E F#m E And weren't those tears that filled your eyes? F#m G#m B G#m F#m E F#m E And all the fish that lay in dirty water dying F#m G#m B G#m F#m E F#m Had they got you hypnotized? [INSTRUMENTAL] E F#m G#m B G#m F#m E F#m E F#m G#m B G#m F#m E F#m E F#m G#m B G#m F#m E F#m E F#m G#m B G#m F#m E F#m E [VERSE] F#m G#m B G#m F#m E F#m E And yesterday I saw you kissing tiny flowers F#m G#m B G#m F#m E F#m E But all that lives is born to die F#m G#m B G#m F#m E F#m E And so I say to you that nothing really matters F#m G#m B G#m F#m E F#m E And all you do is stand and cry [INSTRUMENTAL] E F#m G#m B G#m F#m E F#m E F#m G#m B G#m F#m E F#m E F#m G#m B G#m F#m E F#m E F#m G#m B G#m F#m E F#m E [VERSE] F#m G#m B G#m F#m E F#m E I don't know what to say about it F#m G#m B G#m F#m E F#m E When all you ears have turned away F#m G#m B G#m F#m E F#m E But now's the time to look and look again at what you see F#m G#m B G#m F#m E F#m Is that the way it ought to stay? [CHORUS] Bm That's the way, Oh, that's the way it ought to be E F#m G#m B (no lyrics) G#m F#m E F#m (no lyrics) Bm B E7 F#m Yeah, yeah, mama say that's the way it ought to stay [OUTRO] E F#m G#m A B A B E A B E E F#m G#m A B A B E A B E