How It Is

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[Verse]
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Beauty queens and libertines and beggars on their benches
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They go to sleep and dream like you and I
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Billionaires behind their walls and soldiers in their trenches
      C                E            Am
We're all just looking for a reason why

[Pre-Chorus]
              C          E       Am
To get out of bed in the morning (Ahh)
                 C            E          Am
To fight off the urge to just go call it quits
               C          E      Am
'Cuz sometimes reality is boring (Ahh)
           C               E           Am
And it's a shame, but it's just how it is

[Chorus]
C     E           Am
Everybody's gotta live (yes, they do)
C         E           Am
And everybody's gonna die (die die)
C     E                  Am
Everybody try to have a, a good time
C           E               Am*
I think you know the reason why

[Verse]
   C                E                 Am
So pour a drink, or have a smoke, cuz we all got our vices
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Just doing what we need to to get by
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Wear a dress, your Sunday best, whatever you feel nice in
    C                E             Am
Cuz God knows we all need a reason why

[Pre-Chorus]
              C          E       Am
To get out of bed in the morning (Ahh)
                 C            E          Am
To fight off the urge to just go call it quits
               C          E      Am
'Cuz sometimes reality is boring (Ahh)
           C               E           Am
And it's a shame, but it's just how it is


[Chorus]
C     E           Am
Everybody's gotta live (yes, they do)
C         E           Am
And everybody's gonna die (die die)
C     E                  Am
Everybody try to have a, a good time
C           E               Am*
I think you know the reason why

[Verse]
C             E                Am
Taxi cars and prison bars, and history repeating
   C                E              Am
We build our little boxes, you and I
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So cross your heart or read your cards, whatever you believe in
     C                E             Am
'Cuz God knows we all need a reason why

[Pre-Chorus]
              C          E       Am
To get out of bed in the morning
                 C            E          Am
To fight off the urge to just go call it quits
               C          E      Am
'Cuz sometimes reality is boring
           C               E           Am
And it's a shame, but it's just how it is

[Chorus]
C     E           Am
Everybody's gotta live
C         E           Am
And everybody's gonna die (die die)
C     E                  Am
Everybody try to have a, a good time
C           E               Am*
I think you know the reason why

              C          E                         Am
To get out of bed in the morning (Everybody's gotta live)
                 C            E          Am
To fight off the urge to just go call it quits (Everybody's gotta live)
               C          E                         Am
'Cuz sometimes reality is boring (Everybody's gotta live)
           C               E  N.C.
And it's a shame, but it's just how it is