The melody of The Way It Is by Bruce Hornsby And The Range runs 193 notes across 19 bars, 4:10 long in G at 120 beats per minute. The tab sits almost entirely in the first two frets, one note at a time — no chords to barre and no strumming pattern to keep up with. A piano backing track plays the chords and bass underneath, so the line you are learning sounds like the record even at half speed.
Prefer to strum and sing it instead? The Way It Is chords and lyrics.