Electric Light Orchestra – The Way Lifes Meant To Be (Guitar)

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By: Sam and Glen Guthrie [Intro] G for 12 beats [Verse 1]
G
Well I came a long way to be here today and

                            C
I left you so long on this avenue...

     D
And here I stand in the strangest land not

                       G
Knowing what to say or do...

G
As I gaze around at these strangers in town I

                            C
guess the only stranger is me...
[Chorus]
          D
And I wonder, yes I wonder... is this the

                     G
way life's meant to be...
[Verse 2]
G
Although it's only a day since I was taken away and left

                              C
standing here looking in wonder...

     D
Oh, the crowd at my feet, maybe it's just the old street but

                               G
everything that I know lies under...
And when I see what they've done to this place that was
                                C
home, shame is all that I feel... Ohhh
[Chorus]
          D
And I wonder, yes I wonder... is this the

                     G
way life's meant to be...
[Bridge]
C               D             G    D  Em
Too late, too late to cry the people say

C            D                 G
Too late for you, too late for me...

C              D                 G     D
You've come so far, now you know ev'ry thing my

 Em
friend

C
Just look and see the wonders of our world-----
[Bass solo] G C D G
 G                    C
Oh---------------wah la...
[Chorus]
          D
And I wonder, yes I wonder... is this the

                     G
way life's meant to be...
[Verse 3]
G
As I wonder around this wreck of a town where people

               C                 D
never speak aloud...  with its ivory towers and its plastic

                                G
flowers I wish I was back in 1981
Just to see your face instead of this place, now I know what
               C
you mean to me. Ohhhh
[Chorus]
          D
And I wonder, yes I wonder... is this the

                     G
way life's meant to be...
(Through oh la la's G, C, D, G, C) [Outro]
           D
And I wonder, yes I wonder wonder wonder wonder is this

                           G
the way life's meant to be. Ohhhhhhh

                                G
Is this the way life's meant to be mmmmm

D                                G
Is this the way life's meant to be, I wanna know now

D                                G
Is this the way life's meant to be.