Billy Talent – This Is How It Goes chords

Billy Talent
This Is How It Goes
Billy Talent I
2003 Atlantic Records

Key: F

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Chords used:
D -    xx0232
C -    x32010 
C# -   x46664
E -    022100
F -    133211
Dm -   xx0231
Bb -   x13331
A -    x02220
A/C# - x476xx
Gm -   355333


Intro:

Guitar: Silence
D--C#--E-F- x4

Bass: Dm--Bb--A--A/C#-- x2

Distortion: Dm--Bb--F--A-- x4


Verse 1:
Dm         Bb        A  Everybody  is tired and 
         A/C#poor and sick of trying
Dm             Bb  If you see me  on the corner
A                  A/C#  Will you stop or will you splash me
Dm              Bb  Take a look at  what we've become
A                   A/C#  Nothing more than silhouettes of
Dm               Bb  A pretty family  on a postcard
A                 A/C#  Picture Perfect I don't want it!


Chorus 1:
Dm-Bb-F             A       So I hold my breath 
               Dm       Bb     til my heart ex--plodes!
     FCause this is how it is 
    A             Dm     Bband this is how it  goes!
         FYou can steal my body but 
A                  Dm   Bbyou can't steal my soul!
     FCause this is how it is 
    Aand this is how it goes!


Post Chorus:

Guitar: 

D--C#--E-F- x2

Bass: Dm--Bb--A--A/C#-- x2


Verse 2:
Dm              Bb  Shitty weather  bad timing
A             A/C#  Lucky penny glued to the ground
Dm               Bb  Dirty look from  total stranger
A  Hope you get lost 
A/C#and you're not found
Dm              Bb  Take a look at  what we've become
A                   A/C#  Nothing more than silhouettes of
Dm               Bb  A pretty family  on a postcard
A                 A/C#  Picture Perfect I don't want it!


Chorus 2:
Dm-Bb-F             A       So I hold my breath 
               Dm       Bb     til my heart ex--plodes!
     FCause this is how it is 
    A             Dm     Bband this is how it  goes!
         FYou can steal my body but 
A                  Dm   Bbyou can't steal my soul!
     FCause this is how it is 
    Aand this is how it
Dm       Bb     F       A  it goes  I win it goes
Dm       Bb   F          A  this is  how it it goes
Dm       Bb   F          A  this is  how it it goes
Dm       Bb   F          A  this is  how it it goes
Dm       Bb   F          A A/C#  this is  how it it goes


Interlude: Dm--Gm--Bb--F-C- x2


Bridge:
Dm              Gm  So Unscrew my head
Bb             F  C  And rinse it out
Dm          Gm  Polish my thoughts
Bb          F     C  Turn into doubts
Dm          Gm Unscrew my head
Bb             F  C  And rinse it out
Dm          Gm  Polish my thoughts
Bb          F     C  Turn into doubts


Chorus 3:
Dm-Bb-F             A       So I hold my breath 
               Dm       Bb     til my heart ex--plodes!
     FCause this is how it is 
    A             Dm     Bband this is how it  goes!
         FYou can steal my body but 
A                  Dm   Bbyou can't steal my soul!
     FCause this is how it is 
    A              Dm(hold)and this is how it goes!