[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 88 Intro Riff 1 - F#m11 = x44200 for verse - 244x00 for Chorus for verse first finger remains pressed at all times whilst moving from one chord to the next] [F#m][Asus2][E] Slide from one to the other E -444-2-2------222-0-0-----0-0--0--- B -000-0-0------000-0-0-----0-0--0-- G -666-4-4------444-2-2-----2-2--1-- D -666-4-4------444-2-2-----2-2--2-- A -000-0-0------444-0-0-----0-0--2-- E -------------------------------0-- Repeat - drums in at end of riff
[Verse 1] [F#m11-x44200] Two jumps in a week........................................ I bet you [Asus2] think that's pretty clever don't you [E] boy [Esus4][E] [F#m11] Flying on your motorcycle [Asus2] Watching all the ground beneath you [E] drop [Esus4][E] You'd [F#m11] kill yourself for recognition [Asus2] Kill yourself to never ever [E] stop [Esus4][E] You [F#m11] broke another mirror You're [Asus2] turning into something you are [E] not [Esus4][E]
[Chorus] Don't leave me [F#m11-244x00] high ......... [Asus2] ........ Don't leave me [E] dry Don't leave me [F#m11] high [Asus2] Don't leave me [E] dry
[Interlude] (Riff 1) [F#m][Asus2][E]
[Verse] [F#m11] Drying up in conversation [Asus2] You will be the one who cannot [E] talk [Esus4][E] [F#m11] All your insides fall to pieces [Asus2] You just sit there wishing you could [E] still make love [Esus4][E] [F#m11] They're the ones who'll hate you When you [Asus2] think you've got the world all [E] sussed out [Esus4][E] [F#m11] They're the ones who'll spit at you You [Asus2] will be the one screa [E] ming out [Esus4][E]
[Chorus] Don't leave me [F#m11-244x00] high ......... [Asus2] ........ Don't leave me [E] dry Don't leave me [F#m11] high [Asus2] Don't leave me [E] dry
[Interlude 2] F#m11 Asus2 E [2x]
[Bridge] It's the [F#m11] best thing that you ever had The [Asus2] best thing that you ever, eve [E] r had It's the [F#m11] best thing that you ever had The [Asus2] best thing you ever had has gone [E] away [Esus4][E]
[Chorus] Don't leave me [F#m11-244x00] high ......... [Asus2] ........ Don't leave me [E] dry Don't leave me [F#m11] high [Asus2] Don't leave me [E] dry
[End] *Chords Used Intro Octaves F#m11 Asus2 E Esus4 G# F# E e|-----------0----0----0----------------| B|-----0-----0----0----0----------------| G|-----2-----2----1----2----13--11--9---| D|-----2-----2----2----2-----x---x--x---| A|-----x-----0----2----2----11---9--7---| E|-----2----------0----0-----------(0)--|