[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
[Verse 1 - No drums - BPM 170 - Capo 1st fret, standard tuning - Don't bother for live] [Telefonics have capo on 2 I believe? Mainly vocals] [D] Do you have the [A] time To [Bm] listen to me [F#m] whine A [G] bout nothing and [D] everything All [A] at once
[D] I am one of [A] those Me [Bm] lodramatic [F#m] fools Neu [G] rotic to the [D] bone No doubt about [A] it
[Chorus - Bass drum just on each chord once] [G] Sometimes I [A] give myself the [D] creeps [G] Sometimes my [A] mind plays tricks [D] on me (more bass drum) It [G] all keeps adding [A] up (backward drums with offbeat to bring Bm in) I [D] think I'm [C] cracking [Bm] up (full drums) ... Am [G] I just para [A] noid? Am I just .....
[Verse 2 - Full drums] I [D] went to a [A] shrink To [Bm] analyze my [F#m] dreams She [G] says it's lack of [D] sex That's bringing [A] me down I [D] went to a [A] whore He [Bm] said my life's a [F#m] bore So [G] quit my whining [D] cause It's bringing [A] her down
[Chorus - More bass drum so like low tom figures] [G] Sometimes I [A] give myself [D] the creeps [G] Sometimes my [A] mind plays tricks [D] on me It [G] all keeps adding [A] up (backward drums with offbeat to bring Bm in) I [D] think I'm [C] cracking [Bm] up Am [G] I just para [A] noid? [################Scroll#################] Uh, yuh, yuh....
[Riff - Full drums] ya [D][A][Bm][A] x 4
[Bridge - Backward drums] [G] Grasping to con [A] trol [N.C.] (stop) So I better hold
[Instrumental - Full drums] on.... [D][A][Bm][F#m] - [G][D][A][A] (drum fill SBBSBB S) [D][A][Bm][F#m] - [G][D][A][A]
[Chorus] [G] Sometimes I [A] give myself [D] the creeps [G] Sometimes my [A] mind plays tricks [D] on me It [G] all keeps adding [A] up (backward drums with offbeat to bring Bm in) I [D] think I'm [C] cracking [Bm] up Am [G] I just para [A] noid? Am I just
[Outro] stoned? [D] - [G5/D-xx0033] - [Bm][Bm#5-225432] - ([G][D]) - [A] Play above 4 times [G][D][A]
