[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] [G] husband don't know [Em] what he's done [G] kids don't know what's [Em] wrong with Mum [G] she can't say, [Em] they can't see [G] putting it down to a [Em] nother bad day [G] daddy don't know what he's [Em] done [G] kids don't know whats [Em] wrong with Mum
[Chorus] [G] this is how it feels to be [B7] lonely [Em] this is how it feels to be [C] small [G] this is how it feels when your [D] word means nothing at [G] all [D]
[Verse 2] [G] black car drives [Em] through the town [G] some guy from the [Em] top estate [G] left a note for a [Em] local girl [G] yet he had it [Em] all on a plate
[Chorus] [G] this is how it feels to be [B7] lonely [Em] this is how it feels to be [C] small [G] this is how it feels when your [D] word means nothing at [G] all [D]
[Verse 3] [G] husband don't know [Em] what he's done [G] kids don't know what's [Em] wrong with Mum [G] she can't say, [Em] they can't see [G] putting it down to a [Em] nother bad day
[Chorus] yeah, [G] this is how it feels to be [B7] lonely [Em] this is how it feels to be [C] small [G] this is how it feels when your [D] word means nothing at [G] all [D]
[Chorus] yeah, [G] this is how it feels to be [B7] lonely [Em] this is how it feels to be [C] small [G] this is how it feels when your [D] word means nothing at [G] all [D]
[Outro] [G][Em] Nothing at [G] all [Em] [G][Em] Nothing at [G] all [Em]
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[Notes] [Intro] E --------------------- B ---4--4--4---4--4-4-- G --4--4------4--4----- D -4--4--4---6--6--6--- A --------------------- E ---------------------
