[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
BPM 116 - big doubled vox for choruses - home grown, south of the, we got two in the front E A C#m B ----------- for all of song
[Verse 1] E A C#m B [E] Home grown alligator, [A] see you later Gotta hit the [C#m] road, gotta hit the road [B] Something changed in the atmosphere, Architecture unfamiliar, I could get used to this
[Pre-chorus] E A C#m B Time flies by in the yellow and green, stick around and you'll see what I mean. There's a mountain top, that I'm dreaming of, If you need me, you know where I'll be.
[Chorus] E A C#m B Ill be riding shotgun, Underneath the hot sun, Feeling like a someone. Ill be riding shotgun, Underneath the hot sun, Feeling like a someone.
[Verse 2] E A C#m B The south of the equator, navigator, Gotta hit the road, gotta hit the road. Deep-sea diving round the clock, Bikini bottoms, lager tops I could get used to this
[Pre-chorus] E A C#m B Time flies by in the yellow and green, stick around and youll see what I mean. Theres a mountain top, that Im dreaming of, If you need me, you know where Ill be.
[Chorus] E A C#m B
[Bridge] E A C#m B We got two in the front, two in the back, Sailing along and we dont look back.
[Pre-chorus] E A C#m B Time flies by etc
[Chorus] E A C#m B - repeat lots until below Feeling like a someone, a someone,a someone, a someone.