The Way Chords

by Fastball
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author Kaitsu84 [a] 50.
1 contributor total, last edit on Nov 5, 2023
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Chords

F#m
Bm
C#7
F#7
A
E
D

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                             The Way - Fastball
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Tabbed by: Kaitsu84
Email: kaitsu_nr19@hotmail.com
 
Tuning: Standard
 
This is a pretty easy song and it sound fantastic played
with two guitars. Guitar 1 should play the picking and
guitar 2 plays the chords. If you listen to the song
it is easy to figure out which guitar plays what.
 
F#m 244222
Bm  x24432
C#7 x43422
F#7 242352
A   x02220
E   022100
D   xx0232
 
 
Verse: Guitar 1
   F#m             F#m            Bm              Bm
e|---2-2-----------2-2-----------2-2-----------2-2-----|
B|---2---2---------2---2---------3---3---------3---3---|
G|---2-----2-------2-----2-------4-----4-------4-----4-|
D|---4-------------4-------------4-------------4-------|
A|-4-4-------(4)-4-4-------(2)-2-2-------(2)-2-2-------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
        C#7             C#7           F#m            F#m
e|-------2-2-----------2-2-----------2-2-----------2-2----|
B|-------2---2---------2---2---------2---2---------2---2--|
G|-------4-----4-------4-----4-------2-----2-------2-----2|
D|-------3-------------3-------------4-------------4------|
A|-(4)-4-4-------(4)-4-4-------(4)-4-4-------(4)-4-4------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
        F#7             F#7           Bm             Bm
e|-------2-2-----------2-2-----------2-2-----------2-2----|
B|-------5---5---------5---5---------3---3---------3---3--|
G|-------3-----3-------3-----3-------4-----4-------4-----4|
D|-------2-------------2-------------4-------------4------|
A|-(4)-4-4-------(4)-4-4-------(2)-2-2-------(2)-2-2------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
        F#m             C#7           F#m
e|-------2-2-----------2-2-----------2-2-------|
B|-------2---2---------2---2---------2---2-----|
G|-------2-----2-------4-----4-------2-----2---|
D|-------4-------------3-------------4---------|
A|-(4)-4-4-------(4)-4-4-------(4)-4-4---------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
 
 
Verse 1:
F#m
They made up their minds
                  Bm
And they started packing
       C#7                               F#m
They left before the sun came up that day
       F#7                         Bm
An exit to eternal summer slacking
F#m                        C#7
But where were they going without ever
                F#m
Knowing the way?
 
 
Verse 2:
F#m
They drank up the wine
                Bm
And they got to talking
C#7                                   F#m
They now had more important things to say
F#7                                   Bm
When the car broke down they started walking
F#m                        C#7
Where were they going without even
                F#m     E
Knowing the way?
 
 
Chorus:
                     A
Anyone can see the road that they walk on
         E
Is paved with gold
F#m
It's always summer
              C#7
They'll never get cold
              D
They'll never get hungry
              A              E
They'll never get old and grey
                   A                    E
You can see their shadows wandering off somewhere
         F#m
They won't make it home
         C#7
But they really don't care
         D
They wanted the highway
              A            E      C#7
They're happier there today
 
 
Verse 3:
F#m
Their children woke up
                    Bm
And they couldn't find them
        C#7                        F#m
They left before the sun came up that day
        F#7                                Bm
They just drove off and left it all behind'em
F#m                       C#7
But where were they going without ever
 
                F#m     E
Knowing the way?
 
REPETE CHORUS
 
SOLO1 F#m   Bm   F#m   C#7   F#m
 
REPEAT CHORUS
 
SOLO2(REPEAT SOLO!)
 
 
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5 comments
Mac Lake
And as regards the F#7 chord: As you can hear or see on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JmuNbX-cXo at 35…37 s, they don’t play 242352 but 242322. It sounds better between the F#m and Bm and there’s no need for two 7s. And it’s easier to finger. But just playing the top 3…4 strings of F#m is nonsense, the tension of the F#7 is one of the best elements of this song!
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apratt
Solo?
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Mac Lake
Nice, just a remark: at least on <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JmuNbX-cXo> and on <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DgBg_HSgHo> they play the D sometimes on the 5th fret: x57775, and sometimes the normal xx2032, sometimes one plays one version and the other one the other.
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