thats the way of the world
Earth, Wind & Fire
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Tom : G
[Intro] Db7M B/Db Gb6/Db Gbm6/Db
Db7M B/Db Gb6/Db Gbm6/Db C7M Db7M B/Db
Hearts of fire creates love desire
Gb6/Db Gbm6/Db C7M
Take you high and higher to the world you belong
Db7M B/Db
Hearts of fire creates love desire
Gb6/Db Gbm6/Db C7M
High and higher to your place on the throne
Db7M B/Db
We've come together on this special day
Gb6/Db Gbm6/Db C7M
Sing our message loud and clear
Db7M B/Db
Looking back, we've touched on sorrowful days
Gb6/Db Gbm6/Db
Future, past, they disappear
[Refrão]
C7M Db7M
You will find (you will find)
G7(11+)
Peace of mind
Gb7M Fm7
If you look way down in your heart and soul
Gb7M Fm7
Don't hesitate 'cause the world seems cold
Gb7M
Stay young at heart
[Próxima Parte]
Fm7 Bbm7 Eb7(9) Gb/Ab
Ah, 'cause you're never, never old at heart
Db7M G7(11+)
That's the way of the world
Gb7M B7(9) A7
Plant your flower and you grow a pearl
Db7M/Ab B/Db G7(11+)
Child is born with a heart of gold
Gb7M Fm7 Bbm7 Eb7(9) Gb/Ab
Way of the world makes his heart so cold
[Solo] Db7M B/Db Gb6/Db Gbm6/Db
Db7M G7(11+) Gb7M B7(9) A7 Db7M/Ab B/Db G7(11+) Gb7M B7(9) A7 Db7M/Ab B/Db G7(11+) Gb7M B7(9) A7 Db7M/Ab B/Db G7(11+)
Hearts afire creates love desire
Gb7M B7(9) A7
Take you high and higher to the world you belong
Db7M/Ab B/Db G7(11+)
Hearts afire, love desire
Gb7M
High and higher
B7(9) A7
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Db7M/Ab B/Db G7(11+)
Hearts afire, love desire
Gb7M Fm7 Bbm7 Eb7(9) Gb/Ab
Ah, higher
Db7M B/Db
We've come together on this special day
Gb6/Db Gbm6/Db C7M
Sing our message loud and clear
Db7M B/Db
Looking back, we've touched on sorrowful days
Gb6/Db Gbm6/Db
Ah, future disappear
[Refrão] (repetir)
[Próxima Parte]
Fm7
'Cause ('cause you're never, never, never)
Bbm7 Eb7(9) Gb/Ab
You're never, never, never
Db7M G7(11+)
That's the way of the world
Gb7M B7(9) A7
Plant your flower and you grow a pearl
Db7M/Ab B/Db G7(11+)
Child is born with a heart of gold
Gb7M B7(9) A7
Way of the world makes his heart so cold
Db7M/Ab
That love, that love
B/Db
That love, that love
G7(11+)
That love, that love (ooh, yeah)
Gb7M B7(9)
Never, ah
A7
Well
Db7M/Ab B/Db
Ooh, that love, that love, that love, that love
G7(11+)
Don't you hear me, now?
Gb7M
Don't you hear me, now?
Lordy, won't you hear me now?
B7(9) A7
Lordy, won't you hear me now?
Hey yeah yeah
Db7M/Ab
Hearts afire (hearts afire)
B/Db G7(11+)
Love desire (love desire)
Gb7M
High and higher
B7(9) A7
Yeah, yeah, yeah
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Detected progression: Db7M → B/Db → Gb6/Db → Gbm6/Db → Db7M → B/Db → Gb6/Db → Gbm6/Db
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