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The Way Lifes Meant To Be by Electric Light Orchestra - Guitar Chords

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

Capo: 1st fret to match the recording.
For chords in original key transpose +1.



[Intro]
| A | % | % | % |


[Verse 1]
       A
Well I came a long way to be here today and
                            D
I left you so long on this avenue...
    E
And here I stand in the strangest land not
                A
Knowing what to say or do...
     A
As I gaze around at these strangers in town I
                            D
guess the only stranger is me...


[Chorus]
      E
And I wonder, yes I wonder... 
                                A
Is this the way life's meant to be...


[Verse 2]
              A
Although it's only a day since I was taken away and left
                         D
standing here looking in wonder...
       E
Oh the ground at my feet maybe it's just the old street but
                             A
every thing that I know lies under...
           A
And when I see what they've done to this place that was
                          D
home, shame is all that I feel... Ohhh


[Chorus]
      E
And I wonder, yes I wonder... 
                                A
Is this the way life's meant to be...


[Bridge]
D             E               A  C#  F#m
 Too late too late to cry the people say
D            E                A
Too late for you too late for me...
D              E                 A     C#       F#m
You've come so far, nah you know ev'ry thing my friend
     B7                              D
Just look and see the wonders of our world


[Solo]
| A | % | % | D |
| E | % | % | A |

|  A  |  %  |  %  |  D  |
Oh---------------wah la...


[Chorus]
      E
And I wonder, yes I wonder... 
                                A
Is this the way life's meant to be...


[Verse 3]
     A
As I wonder around this wreck of a town 
                   D
Where people never speak aloud
          E
With it's ivory towers and it's plastic flowers
                       A
I wish I was back in 1981
        A
Just to see your face instead of this place
                            D
Now I know what you mean to me. Ohhhh


[Chorus]
      E
And I wonder, yes I wonder ... 
                                A
Is this the way life's meant to be ...


[Instrumental]
| A | % | % | D |
Ooooh, la, la, la, la ...
| E | % | % | A |
Ooooh, la, la, la, la ...
| A | % | % | D |
Ooooh, la, la, la, la ...


[Chorus] + coda
      E
And I wonder, yes I wonder wonder wonder wonder
                                A
Is this the way life's meant to be ... Ohhhhhhh
  E
I wonder, how I wonder wonder wonder wonder
                                A
Is this the way life's meant to be ... Ohhhhhhh
E                                 A
  Is this the way life's meant to be mmmmm
E                                 A
  Is this the way life's meant to be, I wanna know now
E                               |  A  | A
  Is this the way life's meant to be? 
        

We also have 28 songs by Electric Light Orchestra

• All Over The World
• Calling America
• Cant Get It Out Of My Head
• Confusion
• Do Ya
• Dont Bring Me Down
• Evil Woman
• Hold On Tight
• Last Train To London
• Livin Thing
• Midnight Blue
• Mr Blue Sky
• Rain Is Falling
• Rock N Roll Is King
• Rockaria
• Showdown
• So Serious
• Steppin Out
• Strange Magic
• Sweet Talkin Woman
• Telephone Line
• The Way Lifes Meant To Be
• Ticket To The Moon
• Turn To Stone
• Twilight
• When I Was A Boy
• Wild West Hero
• Xanadu

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