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They made up their minds
and they start ed (Bm)pack ing.
They (C#)left be fore the sun came up that day,
an (F#7)ex it to e ter nal sum mer slack ing.
But (F#m)where were they go ing with (C#7)out ev er know ing the (F#m)way?
They drank up the wine
and they got to (Bm)talk ing.
They (C#7)now had more im por tant things to say.
And (F#7)when the car broke down they start ed walk ing.
but (F#m)Where were they go ing with (C#7)out ev er know ing the (F#m)way?
An y one could see the (A)road that they walk on is paved in gold.
(F#m)It’s al ways sum mer, they’ll nev er get cold.
They’ll (D)nev er get hun gry.
They’ll (A)nev er get old and grey.
(E)You can (E6)see their (A)shad ows wan der ing off some where.
They (F#m)won’t make it home, but they real ly don’t care.
They (D)want ed the high way.
They’re (A)hap pi er there to day,
(E6)to day.
Their chil dren woke up
and they could n’t (Bm)find them.
They (C#7)left be fore the sun came up that day.
They (F#7)just drove off and left it all be hind ’em,
but (F#m)where were they go ing with (C#7)out ev er know ing the (F#m)way?
An y one could see the (A)road that they walk on is paved in gold.
(F#m)It’s al ways sum mer, they’ll nev er get cold.
They’ll (D)nev er get hun gry.
They’ll (A)nev er get old and grey.
(E)You can (E6)see their (A)shad ows wan der ing off some where.
They (F#m)won’t make it home, but they real ly don’t care.
They (D)want ed the high way.
They’re (A)hap pi er there to day,
(E6)to day.
Their
(CN.C.)An y one could see the
This page shows “The Way” by Fastball in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of F# at 100 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.