Red Dead Redemption 2 - Thats The Way It Is Chords & Tabs

by Misc Computer Games

[Version Description]
Tabbed by ear from the OST. Other tabs have it in standard tuning, which doesn't fit with the song. This version also contains the melody.
Great song from Red Dead Redemption II
That's The Way It Is by Daniel Lanois
Transcribed by SpecsMcCoy
*The tuning is a half-step down (Eb tuning)*
No capo
Have a listen to the track to get the timings right! :)

[Intro and verse]
This melody can be played under strummed chords during the verse if you like
   G              D                Em              C               
e|----------------------------------------------------0-----------|
B|----------------------------------------------------1-----------|
G|---4-4-4--4-2-0----2-2-2--2-2-0------4-4-4-2-0------0-----------|
D|----------------4------------------------------4-2--2-----------|
A|----------------------------------------------------3-----------|
E|-3-------------------------------0------------------x-----------|
   G                D                 Em             C             
e|------------------------------------------------------0---------|
B|------------------------------------------------------1---------|
G|---------------------------------------4-4-4-2-0------0---------|
D|----5-5-5-5---5-0-7--7---7-7---7-----------------4-2--2---------|
A|--------------------5--5-----5---5--------------------3---------|
E|-3----------3-----------------------0-----------------x---------|

[Chorus]
Strum without the melody underneath
G  D  Em  C

[Outro]
"Shine light into darkness"
Em  C
With lyrics:

[Verse]
G                 D     
The many miles we walked
Em                 C      
The many things we learned
G                 D     
The building of a shrine
Em           C   
Only just to burn

[Chorus]
G               D   
That's the way it is
Em              C   
That's the way it is

[Verse]
G                      D    
May the wind be at your back
Em                      C   
Good fortune touch your hand
G                       D       
May the cards lay out a straight
Em                C  
All from your command

[Chorus]
G               D   
That's the way it is
Em              C   
That's the way it is
[Coda] (Repeats until fade out)
Em               C       
Shine light into darkness
Em               C       
Shine light into darkness

[Verse]
G                     D           
Blue heron leaves the northern sky
Em                       C          
It trusts the journey to new heights
G                         D   
What's the meaning of the scar
Em                    C       
If we don't learn how to heal?
G              D        
Should we ever be apart?
Em               C    
Then how does it feel?

[Chorus]
G               D                           
That's the way it is (So many miles to walk)
Em              C                                       
That's the way it is (So many things we've got to learn)
G               D                                      
That's the way it is (Ohhh ohhhh, that's the way it is)
Em              C          
That's the way it is (Ohhh)