[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
E 0-0----0-0----0--0---7-7-7--0-----0- B 3-0----3-2----0--0---7-7-7--0-----0- G 0-0----2-2----11-12--7-9-7--4-----6- D 2-2----2-2----12-12--9-9-9--5-----7- A 2-2----0-0----0--0---7-7-7--0-----0- E 0-0----x-x-----------7-7-7----------
[Verse 1] Walking 'round the [Em7] room singing stormy wea [A] ther, at Fifty- [Em7] Seven Mount Pleasant Str [A] eet .. Well, it's the [Em7] same room but everything's diff [A] erent, you can fight the [Em7] sleep but not the [A] dream.
BRIDGE: [Dm] Things ain't [C] cookin' [Dm] in my [C] kitchen, [Dm] strange aff- [C] liction wash [F] over me. [Dm] Julius Ca [C] esar [Dm] and the Roman [C] Empire, [Dm] couldn't [C] conquer the [F] blue sk - [G] y.
[Intro Riff] [Em7][A][Em7][A]
[VERSE 2] Well, there's a [Em7] small boat made of [A] china, its going [Em7] nowhere on the mantle- [A] piece. Well, do I [Em7] lie like a loungeroom [A] lizard, or do I [Em7] sing like a bird re-leased. [A]
[CHORUS] Everywhere you [A7sus4] go, always take the [D] weather with you, ... everywhere you [A7sus4] go, always take the [D] weather. ... Everywhere you [A7sus4] go, always take the [G] weather with you, .. everywhere you [D] go, always take the [G] weather, the [A] weather with you.
[Intro Riff] [Em7][A][Em7][A] x 2
[CHORUS] Everywhere you [A7sus4] go, always take the [D] weather with you, ... everywhere you [A7sus4] go, always take the [D] weather. ... Everywhere you [A7sus4] go, always take the [G] weather with you, .. everywhere you [D] go, always take the [E] weather, the [G] weather with you. take the [A] weather with [D] you (drums stop for a bit)
[Bass Interlude + Chorus - No chords for first bit - Light drums that build] E - 0 2 5 ---- 5 7 A - 5 - E 7 A 5 E 7 A 5 Everywhere you go, always take the weather with you, everywhere you go, always take the weather. Everywhere you go, always take the [G] weather with you, everywhere you [D] go, always take the [E] weather, the we [G] ather with you. (slow down to finish) take the [A] weather with [D] you
[End] Extra notes Lower harmony - A B C# D B B B C# - must play Em7 (Em7 xxx / A Asus4 A)
