The Way Life's Meant To Be Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Strings]
[G][G][G][G]

[Verse 1]
Well, I [G]came a long way to be here today
And I left you so long on this [C]avenue
And [D]here I stand, in the strangest land
Not knowing what to say [G]or do
As I [G]gaze around at these strangers in town
I guess the only stranger is [C]me
And I [D]wonder (yes, I wonder)
Yes, I wonder (oh, I wonder)
Is this the way life's meant to [G]be?

[Verse 2]
Although it's [G]only a day
since I was taken away
And left standing here looking in [C]wonder
(it's your life, it's your life)
Oh, the [D]ground at my feet,
maybe it's just the old street
But everything that I know lies [G]under
(it's your life, it's your life)
And when I [G]see what they've done
to this place that was home
Shame is all that I [C]feel
Oh, and I [D]wonder (oh, I wonder)
Yes, I wonder (...wonder, wonder,
wonder, wonder)
Is this the way life's meant to [G]be?

[Bridge 1]
[C]Too late, too lat[D]e to cry,
the [G]peo- [B]ple [Em]say
[C]Too late for you[D], too late for me[G]
[C]You've come so far[D],
now you know [G]every[B]thing, my [Em]friend
[A](Look and see the wonders of our [C]world)

[Solo 1]
[G][G][G][C]
[D][D][D][G]
[G][G][G][C][C]
And I [D]wonder (oh, I wonder)
Yes, I wonder (yes, I wonder)
Is this the way life's meant to [G]be?

[Verse 3]
As I [G]wander around this wreck of a town
Where people never [C]speak aloud
With its [D]ivory towers and its plastic flowers
I wish I was back in nineteen [G]eighty-one
Just to [G]see your face, instead of this place
Now I know what you mean to [C]me, ooh
And I [D]wonder (oh, I wonder)
Yes, I wonder (yes, I wonder)
Is this the way life's meant to [G]be?

[Outro 1]
[G](Ooh, la la la la la, la la la la la la, [C]la)
[D](Ooh, la la la la la, [D]la la la la la la, [G]la la-la
[G](Ooh, la la la la la, la la la la la la, [C]la)
And I won[D]der (oh, I wonder)
Yes, I wonder, wonder, wonder, wonder
Is this the way life's meant to [G]be?
Ooh, I [D]wonder
Oh, I wonder, wonder, wonder
Is this the way life's meant to [G]be?
Oh, oh [D]oh, is this the way life's meant to [G]be?
Mm- [D]mm, is this the way life's meant to [G]be?
I wanna know now,
[D]is this the way life's meant to be?[G]