[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
Riff is Bsus4 to B Bsus2 then B5 - with F#min7 it is high F# then B string 5 4 2 then sort of Asus2 chord for rest? All F#sus4 to F# is typically in 2 beats [BPM 70] [Intro] B - F#m7 - Dsus2 A/C# - Esus2 (022102) B - F#m7 - Dsus2 A/C# - F#m7b5/C (x34210) For x34210 think Cmaj move 2nd finger to G string and add little finger to 4th fret on D
[Verse] [C#m7] Came in from a rainy thursday [E] on the av [F#sus4] enue [F#] [C#m7] thought I heard you talking softly [E] [F#sus4 to F# 2 beats] [C#m7] I turned on the lights, the tv [E] and the radi [F#sus4] o [F#] [C#m] still I can't escape the ghost of [E] you [F#sus4][F#]
[Bridge] [C#m] What is happened to it all? [G#m7] Crazy, some say [D#7] Where is the life that I r [E] ecognize? [E] gone away
[Chorus - Double snare coming into] [B] But I won't cry for yester [F#m7] day there's an ordinary wo [Dsus2] rld somehow [A/C#] I have to find [E] [B] And as I try to make my w [F#m7] ay to the ordinary wo [Dsus2] rld I will l [A/C#] earn to survi [F#m7b5/C] ve
[Interlude - Just strum and play C#m7 shape - it still works]
[Verse] [C#m7] Passion or coincidence Once pr [E] ompted you to s [F#7] ay [C#m7] "Pride will tear us both apart" [E][F#sus4][F#] Well now [C#m7] pride's gone out the window Cross the ro [E] oftops, r [F#sus4] un away [F#] [C#m7] Left me in the vacuum of my [E] heart [F#7]
[Bridge] [C#m] What is happening to me? [G#m7] Crazy, some'd say [D#7] Where is my friend when I n [E] eed you most? Gone away
[Chorus - Double snare coming into] [B] But I won't cry for yester [F#m7] day there's an ordinary wo [Dsus2] rld somehow [A/C#] I have to find [E] [B] And as I try to make my w [F#m7] ay to the ordinary wo [Dsus2] rld I will l [A/C#] earn to survi [E] v
[Solo - Same chords as intro] B - F#m7 - Dsus2 A/C# - Esus2 (022102) B - F#m7 - Dsus2 A/C# - F#m7b5/C (x34210)
[Verse] [C#m7] Papers in the roadside Tell of s [E] uffering and g [F#] reed [C#m] Fear today, forgot tomorrow [E][F#sus4][F#] Ooh [C#m7] Here besides the news of holy w [E] ar and holy n [F#] eed [C#m] Ours is just a little sorrowed [E] talk [F#]
[Chorus - Double snare coming into] [B] And I won't cry for yester [F#m7] day there's an ordinary wo [Dsus2] rld somehow [A/C#] I have to find [E] [B] And as I try to make my w [F#m7] ay to the ordinary wo [Dsus2] rld I will l [A/C#] earn to survi [E] v
(Repeat Chorus pattern to fade) Every one Is my world, (I will learn to survive) Any one Is my world, (I will learn to survive) Any one Is my world Every one Is my world