Electric Light Orchestra - The Way Life's Meant To Be

Bb* (4x)

Well I

Bb*

came a long way to be here today

And I left you so long on this

D#*

avenue.

And

here I stand in the strangest land

Not knowing what to

Bb*

say or do

As I gaze around at these strangers in town.

I guess the only stranger is

D#*

me,

And I

wonder, yes I wonder, is this

the way life's meant to

Bb*

be.

Although it's

Bb*

only a day since I was taken away

And left me standing here looking in

D#*

wonder.

The

ground at my feet maybe it's just the old street

But everything that I know lies

Bb*

under.

And when I see what they've done to this place that was home.

Shame is all that I

D#*

feel.

And I

wonder, Yes I wonder, is this

the way life's meant to

Bb*

be.

D#*
Too  
F*
late, too late to cry, the  
Bb*
peo
Ami
ple  
G
say. 

D#*
Too late for  
F*
you, too late for  
Bb*
me 

D#*
You've come so  
F*
far, now you know  
Bb*
every
Ami
thing my  
G
friend 

Just  
C
look and see the wonders of our  
D#*
world. 

Bb* | D#* | F* | Bb* | (2X)

As I

wander around this wreck of a town

where people never

D#*

speak aloud

With it's

ivory towers and it's plastic flowers

I wish I was back in 19

Bb*

Just to see your face, instead of this place

Now I know what you mean to

D#*

me.

And I

wonder, yes I wonder, is this

the way life's meant to

Bb*

be.

Bb* | D#* | F* | Bb* | (2X)

Bb* | F* (4X)

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