Song: Funny the way it is
Artist: Dave Matthews Band
Album: Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King
tabbed by James van Rooyen
Strumming pattern for "Standing on a bridge"
All downstrokes
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B-----6-6----------------------------------------------------------|
G-7-7-7-7--------9--9----------------------------------------------|
D-7-7-7-7--8-6---10-10-----3-3-2-2---------------------------------|
A-5-5-5-5--8-8---10-10-----3-3-2-2---------------------------------|
E----------6-6---8--8------1-1-0-0---------------------------------|
* *
*these two chords could be substituted for an F, if you feel that sounds better
Riff 1
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B----------------------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------------------|
D------3-3---------2-2-3-3-5-5-7-7-------------------------------|
A----------3-3-5-5-----------------------------------------------|
E--1-1-----------------------------------------------------------|
Am G
Lying in the park on a beautiful day,
Em F
sunshine in the grass, and the children play.
Am G
Siren’s passing, fire engine red,
Em F
someone’s house is burning down on a day like this?
Am G
The evening comes and we’re hanging out,
Em F
On the front step, and a car rolls by with the windows rolled down,
Am G
And that war song is playing, “why can’t we be friends?”
Em F
Someone is screaming and crying in the apartment upstairs
Am G
Funny the way it is, if you think about it
Bm F
Somebody’s going hungry and someone else is eating out
Am G
Funny the way it is, not right or wrong
Bm F
Somebody’s heart is broken and it becomes your favorite song
Riff 1
Am G
The way your mouth feels in your lovers kiss
Em F
Like a pretty bird on a breeze or water to a fish
Am G
A bomb blast brings a building crashing to the floor
Em F
You can hear the laughter, while the children play “war”
Am G
Funny the way it is, if you think about it
Bm F
one kid walks 10 miles to school, another’s dropping out
Am G
Funny the way it is, not right or wrong
Bm F
On a soldier’s last breath his baby’s being born
Riff 1
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/dave_matthews_band/funny_the_way_it_is_tab_ver_4.html ]
Dm Bb C F Em Dm
Standing on a bridge, watch the water passing under me
Bb C F Em
It must’ve been much harder when there was no bridge, just water
Dm Bb C F Em
Now the world is small. Remember how it used to be,
Dm Bb C G G7
with mountains and oceans and winters and rivers and stars?
Am - G - Am - Em
Am G
Watch the sky, the jet planes, so far out of my reach
Em F
Is there someone up there looking down on me?
Am G
Boy chase a bird, so close but every time
Em F
He’ll never catch her, but he can’t stop trying
Solo (with backing chords):
Am G Bm F
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B----------------------------------------------------------------|
G-------7---7-7/9-9-9/10-10/12-10p9-10~p9\7-4---44-7-5\2-2-22-2--|
D--/5-5---5------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------|
C G Bm F Am
e----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------3-3/5-3-5---6/8\6\5---8~-----8~---6-5---------------------|
G-----------5--------------------4------7------------------------------|
D--/5\-----5-----------------------------------------------------------|
A---------3------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|Chorus---->
Am G
Funny the way it is, if you think about it
Bm F
one kid walks 10 miles to school, another’s dropping out
Am G
Funny the way it is, not right or wrong
Bm F
On a soldier’s last breath his baby’s being born
Am G
Funny the way it is, not right or wrong
Em F
Somebody’s broken heart becomes your favorite song
Am G
Funny the way it is, if you think about it
Em F
A kid walks 10 miles to school, another’s dropping out.
Dm Bb C F Em Dm
Standing on a bridge, watch the water passing under me
Bb C F Em
It must’ve been much harder when there was no bridge, just water
Dm Bb C F Em
Now the world is small. Remember how it used to be,
Dm Bb C G G7
with mountains and oceans and winters and rivers and stars?
End bit:
C - G - Am
