| G | D | |
| Everybody wants an e | asy ride on the |
| A | |
| merry go round that we call life |
| G | D | |
| Take a drive on cr | uise control then you |
| A | |
| wake to find it's a winding road |
| G | D | |
| I had my dr | eams in view when the |
| A | |
| money ran out and the engine blew |
| G | D | |
| Hung my tears o | ut to dry then my |
| A | |
| dreams fell out of that clear blue sky |
| Dm | Bb | C | |
| And I, | I was walking the cl | ouds |
| Am7 | Dm | |
| Feeling so safe and s | ound |
| Bb | A | |
| Something else knocks me d | own |
| Chorus: |
| D | A | G | |
| Oh t | hat's the way it | is |
| D | A | D | |
| You gotta r | oll with the p | unches |
| A | G | |
| That's the way it g | oes |
| D | A | |
| You gotta b | end when the w | ind blows |
| Bb | F | Gm7 | |
| You l | ive you learn, you c | rash and burn |
| Gm | |
| It's hit or miss |
| C | F | A | |
| And t | hat's the way it | is |
| G | D | |
| One fine d | ay you wake up |
| A | |
| completely hopelessly fallin in love |
| G | D | |
| He's just what you're l | ooking for the only |
| A | |
| problem is that the man's not sure |
| G | D | |
| Another guy'll give you ev | erything, only |
| A | |
| problem is you don't feel a thing |
| G | D | |
| Well I know from exp | erience nothing's |
| A | |
| ever gonna make perfect sense |
| Dm | Bb | C | |
| Oh, | one day you get what you w | ant |
| Am7 | Dm | |
| But it's not what you t | hink |
| Bb | A | |
| Then you get what you n | eed |
| CHORUS |
| A | Bb | |
| Yeah, they say your s | oul is growing |
| A | Bb | A | |
| But | sometimes I feel like t | hrowing s | omething |
| CHORUS (repeats several times) |