0Intro: E0 F#m1 G#m2 B3 G#m4 F#m5 E6 F#m7 E8 F#m9 G#m10 B11 G#m12 F#m13 E14 F#m15 E16 1 2Verse: F#m17 G#m18 B19 G#m20 F#m21 E22 F#m23 E24 3I don't know how I'm gonna tell you F#m25 G#m26 B27 G#m28 F#m29 E30 F#m31 E32 4I can't play with you no more F#m33 G#m34 B35 G#m36 F#m37 E38 F#m39 E40 5I don't know how I'm gonna do what mama told me F#m41 G#m42 B43 G#m44 F#m45 E46 F#m47 6My friend, the boy next door 7 8Interlude: E48 F#m49 G#m50 B51 G#m52 F#m53 E54 F#m55 E56 F#m57 G#m58 B59 G#m60 F#m61 E62 F#m63 E64 F#m65 G#m66 B67 G#m68 F#m69 E70 F#m71 E72 9 10Verse: F#m73 G#m74 B75 G#m76 F#m77 E78 F#m79 E80 11I can't believe what people saying F#m81 G#m82 B83 G#m84 F#m85 E86 F#m87 E88 12You're gonna let your hair hang down F#m89 G#m90 B91 G#m92 F#m93 E94 F#m95 E96 13I'm satisfied to sit here working all day long F#m97 G#m98 B99 G#m100 F#m101 E102 F#m103 14You're in the darker side of town 15 16Interlude: E104 F#m105 G#m106 B107 G#m108 F#m109 E110 F#m111 E112 F#m113 G#m114 B115 G#m116 F#m117 E118 F#m119 E120 F#m121 G#m122 B123 G#m124 F#m125 E126 F#m127 E128 17 18Verse: F#m129 G#m130 B131 G#m132 F#m133 E134 F#m135 E136 19And when I'm out I see you walking F#m137 G#m138 B139 G#m140 F#m141 E142 F#m143 E144 20Why don't your eyes see me? F#m145 G#m146 B147 G#m148 F#m149 E150 F#m151 E152 21Could it be you've found another game to play? F#m153 G#m154 B155 G#m156 F#m157 E158 F#m159 22What did mama say to me? 23 24Chorus: Bm160 -main pattern x1- 25That's the way, Oh, that's the way it ought to be Bm161 B162 E7163 F#m164 26Yeah, yeah, mama say that's the way it ought to stay 27 Interlude: E165 F#m166 G#m167 B168 G#m169 F#m170 E171 F#m172 E173 28 29Verse: F#m174 G#m175 B176 G#m177 F#m178 E179 F#m180 E181 30And yesterday I saw you standing by the river F#m182 G#m183 B184 G#m185 F#m186 E187 F#m188 E189 31And weren't those tears that filled your eyes? F#m190 G#m191 B192 G#m193 F#m194 E195 F#m196 E197 32And all the fish that lay in dirty water dying F#m198 G#m199 B200 G#m201 F#m202 E203 F#m204 33Had they got you hypnotized? 34 35Interlude: E205 F#m206 G#m207 B208 G#m209 F#m210 E211 F#m212 E213 F#m214 G#m215 B216 G#m217 F#m218 E219 F#m220 E221 F#m222 G#m223 B224 G#m225 F#m226 E227 F#m228 E229 F#m230 G#m231 B232 G#m233 F#m234 E235 F#m236 E237 36 37Verse: F#m238 G#m239 B240 G#m241 F#m242 E243 F#m244 E245 38And yesterday I saw you kissing tiny flowers F#m246 G#m247 B248 G#m249 F#m250 E251 F#m252 E253 39But all that lives is born to die F#m254 G#m255 B256 G#m257 F#m258 E259 F#m260 E261 40And so I say to you that nothing really matters F#m262 G#m263 B264 G#m265 F#m266 E267 F#m268 E269 41And all you do is stand and cry 42 43Interlude: E270 F#m271 G#m272 B273 G#m274 F#m275 E276 F#m277 E278 F#m279 G#m280 B281 G#m282 F#m283 E284 F#m285 E286 F#m287 G#m288 B289 G#m290 F#m291 E292 F#m293 E294 F#m295 G#m296 B297 G#m298 F#m299 E300 F#m301 E302 44 45Verse: F#m303 G#m304 B305 G#m306 F#m307 E308 F#m309 E310 46I don't know what to say about it F#m311 G#m312 B313 G#m314 F#m315 E316 F#m317 E318 47When all you ears have turned away F#m319 G#m320 B321 G#m322 F#m323 E324 F#m325 E326 48But now's the time to look and look again at what you see F#m327 G#m328 B329 G#m330 F#m331 E332 F#m333 49Is that the way it ought to stay? 50 51Chorus: Bm334 52That's the way Bm335 53Oh, that's the way it ought to be, Oh don't you know now B336 E7337 F#m338 54Mama said that's the way it's gonna stay, yeah 55 56Outro -2x-: E339 F#m340 G#m341 A342 B343 A344 B345 E346 A347 B348 E349 57