[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] [A] How many special people change? [G] how many lives are living strange? where [D/F#] were you while we were getting [E] high? [A] slowly walking down the hall [G] faster than a cannon ball where [D/F#] were you while we were getting [E] high?
[Chorus 1 - Big doubled vox on chorus - no harmonies] Someday you will [A] find me caught beneath the [G] landslide in a [D/F#] champagne supernova in the [E] sky. someday you will [A] find me caught beneath the [G] landslide in a [D/F#] champagne supernova, a [E] champagne supernova in the sky [A] (drums in)
[Vamp - A G D/F# E]
[Verse 2] [A] Wake up the dawn and ask her why a [G] dreamer dreams she never dies wipe [D/F#] that tear away now from your eye [E] -------- [A] slowly walking down the hall [G] faster than a cannon ball where [D/F#] were you while we were getting [E] high?
[Chorus] Someday you will [A] find me caught beneath the [G] landslide in a [D/F#] champagne supernova in the [E] sky. someday you will [A] find me caught beneath the [G] landslide in a [D/F#] champagne supernova, a [E] champagne supernova
cos [G] people believe that they're gonna get away for the [A] summer -------- [G] but you and i we live and die the [D] world is still spinning around we don't know [E] why why why why (hold note and start solo quietly)
[Guitar Solo 1] Accordion first - play A with descending bass to F# then play Emaj then the solo [A][G][D/F#][E] x 4
[Verse] [A] How many special people change? [G] how many lives are living strange? where [D/F#] were you while we were getting [E] high? [A] slowly walking down the hall [G] faster than a cannon ball where [D/F#] were you while we were getting [E] high?
Someday you will [A] find me caught beneath the [G] landslide in a [D/F#] champagne supernova in the [E] sky. someday you will [A] find me caught beneath the [G] landslide in a [D/F#] champagne supernova, a [E] champagne supernova
cos [G] people believe that they're gonna get away for the [A] summer -------- [G] but you and i we live and die the [D] world is still spinning around we don't know [E] why why why why
[Guitar Solo 2:] [A][G][D/F#] ([F][G]) x4 ([F][G]) ([F][G]) [A][G][D/F#][E] x2
[Verse 3:] [A] how many special people change? [G] how many lives are living strange? [D/F#] where were you while we were getting [E] high?
[Outro:] we were getting [A] high we were getting [G] high we were getting [D/F#] high we were getting [E] high
[A][G][D/F#] ([F][G]) x2
[End]
[Notes] [Guitar Solo 1 - Just play chords to begin - then add solo lines] E ---------------------- B -2-------2---------2-- G -2-4p2---2---------2-- D -------4-2-----2h4-2-- A -0---------2h4-------- E ---------------------- -----------S-T---a---S(nare)
E ---------3---------3-- B -2-------0---------0-- G ---4p2---2---------2-- D -------4-------2h4-0-- A -----------2h4-----X-- E -3-------3---------3--
E ---------2---------2-- B -2-------3---------3-- G ---4p2---2---------2-- D -------4-0-----2h4-0-- A ---------X-2h4-----X-- E -2-------2---------2--
E ---0------------------ B -2-0------------------ G -1-1------------------ D -2-2------------------ A -2-2------------------ E -0-0------------------
