[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 - 127 Riff x 2 E at 7th -E E D/E E - E D/E E - E D/E E D/E B Can play lower version for chorus 022100 to 000xxx Drums in for 2 more [Verse] [E7] Ten years living in a paper bag [B5] [E7] Feedback baby, he's a flipped out cat [B5] He's a plat [E7] inum canary, drinkin' falstaff beer [B5] [E7] Mercedes Ruehl and a rented lear [B5] [A] Bottom feeder insincere [Passing][B5][to] [E7] Prophet lo-fi pioneer [D] Sell the house and go to school [Asus4] Get a young girlfriend, daddy's jewel [A] [Chorus - play riff from start] A ch [E7] ange would do you [B5] good A ch [E7] ange would do you [B5] good
[Verse] [E7] God's little gift is on the [B5] ra [E7] Poster girl posing in a fashion [B5] ma [E7] Canine, feline, Jekyll and [B5] Hyde [E7] Wear your fake fur on the [B5] inside [A] Queen of south beach, aging blues [B5] [E7] Dinner's at six, wear your cement shoes [D] I thought you were singing your heart out to me [Asus4] Your lips were syncing and now I see [A]
[Chorus - play riff from start] A [E7] change would do you [B5] good A [E7] change would do you [B5] good
[Verse] [E7] Chasing dragons with plastic [B5] swords [E7] Jack off Jimmy, everybody wants [B5] more [E7] Scully and angel on the kitchen [B5] floor [E7] And I'm calling Buddy on the ouija [B5] board [A] I've been thinking 'bout catching a train [B5] [E7] Leave my phone machine by the radar range [D] Hello it's me, I'm not at home [Asus4] If you'd like to reach me, leave me alone [A]
A [E7] change would do you [B5] good A [E7] change would do you [B5] good Hel [D] lo, it's me, I'm not at home I [Asus4] f you'd like to reach me, leave me alone [A]