A A G# G D
A A G# G D
A A G# G D
A A G# G D

[Verse 1]
             A      A G#              G            D
It's a timely warning   when you're picking at your skin
             A     A G#         G             D
It's a telling sign   when you line 'em up again
    A              B                 D      G G#
Now I don't wish you trouble and I'm always kind
      A         B                  D
Stay wealthy in your wonder, take time out of your mind


[Chorus]
        A          B
If you tell me how it was
        D              G    G#
I will tell you how it is now
        A          B
Don't talk about the way it was
D                G         G#         A A G#
'Cause all there is is the way it is now


[Interlude]
G D               A A G# G D
  Oh, that's all there is


[Verse 2]
                        A  A G#        G           D
And there's a sense of doom    and it follows me around
          A     A G#          G              D
I get so used to it, that it feels like a friend
    A          B                  D       G G#
Now all my misdemeanours and my shameful ways
       A           B                  D               G G#
Ain't nothing in the scheme of it no matter what you say


[Chorus]
        A          B
If you tell me how it was
        D              G    G#
I will tell you how it is now
        A          B
If you tell me how it was
        D              G    G#
I will tell you how it is now
        A          B
If you tell me how it was
        D              G    G#
I will tell you how it is now
        A          B
Don't talk about the way it was
D                G         G#       D
'Cause all there is is the way it is now


[Solo]
D (x3)
                D
That's how it is now
D    D
 Hey!
D                           A A G#  G   D
 All there is is the way it is now, woh, woh
       A          A      G# G D
Woh woh woh woh, yeah yeah


[Chorus]
        A          B
If you tell me how it was
        D              G    G#
I will tell you how it is now
        A          B
If you tell me how it was
        D              G    G#
I will tell you how it is now
        A          B
If you tell me how it was
        D              G    G#
I will tell you how it is now
        A          B
If you tell me how it was
        D              G    G#
I will tell you how it is now
        A          B
If you tell me how it was
        D              G    G#
I will tell you how it is now
        A          B
If you tell me how it was
        D              G    G#
I will tell you how it is now
        A          B
If you tell me how it was
        D              G    G#
I will tell you how it is now
        A          B
Don't talk about the way it was
D                G         G#         A
'Cause all there is is the way it is now