[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
[Intro - play Doobie Brothers Listen to the Music Riff] BPM 104 Dxxx xGGG is rhythm
[Verse - Just bass drum] Oh place your [E] hands [A] , [E] on my [E] hope [A][E] Run your [A] fin.............gers through my [E] soul, [A] alr [E] ight Oh and the [F#m] way that I feel right [A] now Oh Lord it may [E] go [A]
[Verse - Full drums] [E] So place your [E] hands, [A][E] on my [E] hope [A][E] Run your [A] fin............gers through my [E] soul, [A] alr [E] ight Oh and the [F#m] way that we feel right [A] now Oh Lord it may [E] go
[Chorus - Chords at beginning and end mainly] [E] Put your hands on, put your hands on [A] [E] Put your hands on, put your hands on [A] [E] Put your hands on, [E] put your hands on [A] [E] Put your hands on, [E] put-
[Bridge] You know you cannot [C#m] hide, [E-A] from what's ins [C#m] ide [E-A] You know you cannot [C#m] hide, [E-A] from what's ins [C#m] ide, [E] so I [A] ask of you to help me through I [A] ask of you this thing to do
[Chorus] [E] Put your hands on, put your hands on [A] [E] Put your hands on, [E] put your- (hands on)
[Verse] So lay me [E] down, [A][E] for a [E] while [A][E] Join my [A] bo...............dy with my [E] mind. [A] al [E] right now Oh and I [F#m] cried at the Common [A] One For weeks after he [E] died
[Chorus] [E] Put your hands on, put your hands on [A] [E] Put your hands on, put your hands.... [A] ... [E] on
[Drum break - no chords - bring both hands over to play - sextuplet paraddidles etc]
[Chorus - Play the G to D phrase then bring left hand over for drum soloing - simple funky drummer stuff and sextuplet paradiddles] [E][N.C.] Put your hands on, put your hands on [A] [E][N.C.] Put your hands on, put your hands on [A] [E][N.C.] Put your hands on, put your hands on [A] [E][N.C.] Put your hands on, put your hands on
'Cause the [F#m] way that we feel right [A] now Oh Lord it may [E] go. [A] .. [E] a.. [A] ...... [E] way [A][E][A]
