The Way it Is Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][D][Em][C][Am][G][D][G][Am][G][D][G][Em]
[Am][G][D][G]
[D][G][D][G]

[Verse 1]
It wasn't [D]the valley of [G]death, I was [D]walking [G]in
It was the [D]valley of confu[G]sion
for [D]many [G]years
Different re[D]ligions,
[G]different belie[D]fs[G]
[D]Undermining my cul[G]ture[D]
[G]Looking down upo[D]n my tra[G]dition[D]
[G]Making fun of my lan[D]guage[G][D]
Telling my [G]children,
[D]they have no God[G][D][C]
Finally I can [D]tell them [C]about,

[Interlude 1]
Shembe is the way
[D][G][D][G][D]

[Verse 2]
[G]Chorus[D]
[G]Oh [D]SHE[G]MBE thank you fo[D]r[G][D][G][D]
[G]
[D]showing [G]us [D]the[C] wa[D]y.
Shembe nobunazaretha.

[Verse 3]
[C]Oh[D][G][D][G][D]
[G][D][G][D][G][D][G][D]
[G][D][G][D][C]
SHEMBE thank [D]you [C]for healing my people.
Shembe nobunazaretha.

[Interlude 2]
Shemebe is the way.
[D][G][D][G][D][G]

[Verse 4]
I hear them [D]shoulting Amen,[G][D][G]
At the top of [D]the mountain[G]
I hear them [D]shouting [G]Uyi[D]ngcwele
At the top of the [G]mountain.[D]
No one will un[G]dermine my [D]religion
No one will under[G]mine my
culture any[D]more,[G]
Cause God [D]sent him from above,
[G]to be with the peo[D]ple.[G]
Bring them back to [D]what is their [G]own[D]
[G]Take them back to the[D] ways Of
our forefathers.
[G][D]

[Verse 5]
[C]
Finally I can [D]tell generations
and gener[C]ations
That Shembe is the [D]way

[Interlude 3]
[D][G][D][G]
[D][G][D][G][D][G][D]
[G]

[Verse 6]
[D]Chorus
[G]Oh [D]She[G]mebe THANK YOU FOR SH[D]OW
ING US THE WAY.
Shembe Nobunaz[G]aretha.

[Outro 1]
[D][C][G][D]
[C][D][G][D][G]
[D][G][D][G][D][G]