Dave Matthews Band – Funny The Way It Is (Ukulele)

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Chords

This is pretty accurate, you just have to play around with the bridge.
Am
Lyin’ in the park  

     G
On a beautiful day

    Em                         F
Sun shine in the grass and the children play 

Am
Siren’s passin’ 

G
Fire engine's red

          Em                         F
Someone’s house is burning down on a day like this 

       Am
The evening comes 

          G
And we’re hangin’ out 

              Em
On the front step 

                           F 
And a car goes by with the windows rolled down 

         Am                            G
And that war song is playin “why can’t we be friends?” 

          Em                          F              
Someone's screamin’ and cryin’ in the apartment upstairs 

C
Funny the way it is 

           G
And if you think about it 

    Bm
Somebody’s goin’ hungry 

            F
And someone else is eatin’ out 

C
Funny the way it is 

        G
Whether right or wrong 

         Bm
Somebody’s heart is broken 

       F     
And it becomes your favorite song 
Bridge
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B-----------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------|
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E--1-1------------------------------------------------|

Am                               G
The way your mouth feels in your lover’s kiss 

              Em
Like a pretty bird on a breeze 

   F
Or water to a fish 

      Am                             G
But a bomb blast brings the building crashin’ to the floor 

         Em                 F
Hear the laughter while the children play war 
Chorus:
C
Funny the way it is 

           G
And if you think about it 

        Bm
One kid walks 10 miles to school 

      F
While another’s droppin’ out 

C
Funny the way it is 

          G
No matter right or wrong 

       Bm
On a soldier’s last breath 

     F
His baby’s being born 

BRIDGE 
E-----------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------|
D-------3-3-------------------------------------------|
A-------------3-3---5-5---7-7---8-8---10-10---12-12---|
E--1-1------------------------------------------------|

Dm                  Bb
Standin’ on a bridge  

C               F             Dm
Watch the water passin’ under me 

             Bb
It must have been much harder 

C                 F
When there was no bridge just water 

Dm                  Bb
Now the world is small 

C                F
Remember how it used to be 

Dm                              
With mountains, and oceans, and winters, and rivers and 

G
Stars
Fill: Am G G F x2 Verse:
Am                G                
Watch the sky the jet-planes

                  Em
So far out of my reach 

                                  F
Is there someone up there lookin’ down on me? 

Am
Boy chase a bird

   G
So close but every time 

   Em
He never catch her 

       F
But he can’t stop trying 
Chorus:
C
Funny the way it is 

           G
And if you think about it 

        Bm
One kid walks 10 miles to school 

      F
While another’s droppin’ out 

C
Funny the way it is 

          G
No matter right or wrong 

     Bm
On a soldier’s last breath 

    F
His baby’s being born 

C
Funny the way it is 

          G
No matter right or wrong 

     Bm
Somebody’s broken heart 

       F
And it becomes your favorite song 

C
Funny the way it is 

           G
And if you think about it 

         Bm
One kid walks 10 miles to school 

      F
While another’s droppin’ out 

BRIDGE
E-----------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------|
D-------3-3-------------------------------------------|
A-------------3-3---5-5---7-7---8-8---10-10---12-12---|
E--1-1------------------------------------------------|

Dm                  Bb
Standin’ on a bridge  

C               F             Dm
Watch the water passin’ under me 

             Bb
It must have been much harder 

C                 F
When there was no bridge just water 

Dm                  Bb
Now the world is small 

C               F
Remember how it used to be 

Dm                              
With mountains, and oceans, and winters, and rivers and 

G
Stars