Intro
C....Fmaj7.....
Verse 1
Let me tell you a sCtory
About a boy and a Fmaj7girl
It’s kinda short kinda Cboring
But the end is a whFmaj7irl
They were jAmust 16
When the Gpeople were mean
So they Fmaj7didn’t love themselves
Now they’reC gone
Headstones on a laFwn
Verse 2When I was
Cyounger
I knew a boy and a
Fmaj7boy
Best friends with each
Cother
But always wished they were
Fmaj7more
‘Cause they l
Amoved one another
But ne
G-ver discovered ‘cause th
Fmaj7ey were too afraid
Of what they’d
C say
Moved to different s
Fmaj7tates
ChorusOh, and
Em7I’m afraid that’s just the way the
Fworld works
It ain’t
Cfunny, it ain’t pretty, it ain’t s
G6weet
GOh, and
Em7I’m afraid that’s just the way the
Fworld works
But I
Cthink that it could work for you and m
G6e....
G.
Just wait and
C see.
Fmaj7.....
It’s not the end of the s
Ctory.
Fmaj7.....
Verse 3Now it's on to the
Csequel
About me and my f
Fmaj7riend
See, both our parents were e
C-vil
So we both made a
Fmaj7bet
If we w
Amorked till we saved
We could
Gboth run away
And we’d
Fmaj7have a better life
And I was
C right
I wonder if she’s al
Fmaj7right
ChorusOh, and
Em7I’m afraid that’s just the way the
Fworld works
It ain’t
Cfunny, it ain’t pretty, it ain’t s
G6weet
GOh, and
Em7I’m afraid that’s just the way the
Fworld works
But I
Cthink that it could work for you and m
G6e....
G.
Just wait and
C see.
Fmaj7.....
It’s not the end of the s
Ctory.
Fmaj7.....
BridgeC And the
Fmovie’s always running in my
Chead
All the
Fpeople, all the lovers, all my fri
Cends
And I
Fhope that they’ll all get their happy
Cend
In the
Fend
ChorusOh, and
Em7I’m afraid that’s just the way the
Fworld works
It ain’t
Cfunny, it ain’t pretty, it ain’t s
G6weet
GOh, and
Em7I’m afraid that’s just the way the
Fworld works
But I
Cthink that it could work for you and m
G6e....
G.
Just wait and
C see.
Fmaj7.....
It’s not the end of the s
Ctory.
Fmaj7.....