[Verse 1] He was a [C] very special warm and gentle [G] person who put the [C] music in the world and spoke in [G] rhyme [D] and it h [Em] urts me that I never really [Bm] knew him 'cause [C] all it would have taken was some [G] time you know he [C] always seemed to be there when I [G] stumbled and when [C] mountains got too steep for me to [G] climb [D] and it [Em] tears me up to think I never [Bm] touched him 'cause [C] all it would have taken was some [G] time
[Chorus] Oh oh ohhh Well, [Em] ain't that just the way that life goes [Bm] down, down, down, down [C] movin' way too fast or much too [G] slow [Em] gettin' up, gettin' high, gettin' down gettin' [Bm] no, no, nowhere but [C] not gettin' into someone I should [G] know
[Verse 2] Now he's [C] in another place and I can't [G] reach him and I [C] feel as though I'm guilty of a [G] crime [D] I took [Em] all he had to give and gave him [Bm] nothin' and [C] all it would have taken was some [G] time
[Chorus] Oh oh ohhh Well, [Em] ain't that just the way that life goes [Bm] down, down, down, down [C] movin' way too fast or much too [G] slow [Em] gettin' up, gettin' high, gettin' down gettin' [Bm] no, no, nowhere but n [C] ot gettin' into someone I should kn [G] ow
[No drums - Chorus] Well, [Em] ain't that just the way that life goes [Bm] down, down, down, down [C] movin' way too fast or much too [G] slow (drums in) [Em] gettin' up, gettin' high, gettin' down gettin' [Bm] no, no, nowhere but [C] not gettin' into someone I should [G] know
[Bridge] Gettin' [Em] up gettin' high, gettin' down, gettin' [Bm] no, no, nowhere Gettin' [Em] up gettin' high, gettin' down, gettin' [Bm] no, no, nowhere Gettin' [Em] up gettin' high, gettin' down, gettin' [Bm] no, no, nowhere Gettin' [Em] up gettin' high, gettin' down, gettin' [Bm] no, no, nowhere
[Chorus - Just drums] Well, [Em] ain't that just the way that life goes [Bm] down, down, down, down [C] movin' way too fast or much too [G] slow (drums in) [Em] gettin' up, gettin' high, gettin' down gettin' [Bm] no, no, nowhere but [C] not gettin' into someone I should [G] know
[Guitar riff just over G and D/F# - and just bass drum] [Em][C] first [G][D] E 7-8- --7- 7--- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- B 8-8- --8- 10-- 8-7- --7- 8--- 3--- 3--- G 0--- --0- 0--- 7-7- --7- 7--- 2--- 2--- D 0--- --0- 0--- 7-7- --7- 7--- 0--- 0--- A ---- ---- ---- --5- --5- 5--- ---- ---- E ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- DrB S B S B S B S
[Verse 1 - Just bass drum] [Em] Another [C] head hangs lowly, [G] child is slowly [D/F#] taken [Em] And the violence [C] caused such silence, [G] who are we mista [D/F#] ken .. But you [Em] see it's not me, it's not [C] my family .. In your [G] head, in your head, they are fighting [D/F#] .. With their [Em] tanks and their bombs and their [C] bombs and their guns ..in your [G] head, in your head, they are cry [D/F#] ing
[Chorus 1 - FULL DRUMS - Vocal doubling effect] In your (can play high G on Em to support vocal melody and C to Cadd6 for next bit) [Em to Emadd10] head, in your [C to Cadd6] head, zombie, [G] zombie, zombie [D/F#] .... What's in your [Em] head, in your [C] head, zombie, [G] zombie, zombie [D/F#]
[Instrumental with 'doo doo doo doos'] [Em][C][G][D/F#] (just bass drum) [Em][C][G][D/F#] with riff over G and D
[Verse 2 - Just bass drum] [Em] Another mo [C] ther's breaking hea [G] rt is taking ov [D/F#] er [Em] When the violence [C] causes silence, [G] we must be mista [D/F#] ken ..It's the [Em] same old theme since [C] 1916 ... In your [G] head, in your head, they're still [D/F#] fighting .. With their [Em] tanks and their bombs and their [C] bombs and their guns ... In your [G] head, in your head, they're [D/F#] dying
[Chorus 2 - Full drums] In your [Em] head, in your [C] head, zombie, [G] zombie, zombie [D/F#] What's in your [Em] head, in your [C] head, zombie, [G] zombie, zombie [D/F#]
[Instrumental - oohs with ya eh ya yah] [Em][C][G][D/F#] [Em][C][Em][C] x2
[Solo] [Em][C][G][D/F#] x3
[Outro - with just bass drum] [Em][C][Em][C] [Em][C] (big fill - hard stop) [Em]
