[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
[Bass - second G on low E is on offbeat] E|-----------------| B|-----------------| G|---0-------0-----| D|-----------------| A|-----320-----320-| E|-3------3x------3| X4
[Verse] [G] Down down, you bring me down I hear you knock [F] ing down my Door [C] and I can't [G]sleep at night [G] Your face, it has no place No room for you [F] inside my House [C] I need to [G]be alone
E|-------------------| B|-------------------| G|-------------------| D|-------------------| A|-----------0-------| E|-x-x-3-2-3---3-2-0-|*starts on snare
[Chorus] [Em] Don't waste your words I don't need [C]Anything from you [G] [Em] I don't care where you've been or [C]What you plan to do [D] (count 4 then riff)
[Verse] [G] Turn turn, I wish you'd learn There's a time and place [F] For every thing [C] I've got to [G]get it through [G] Cut loose, cause you're no use I couldn't stand [F] another [C] Sec cond in your [G]company
E|-------------------| B|-------------------| G|-------------------| D|-------------------| A|-----------0-------| E|-x-x-3-2-3---3-2-0-|*starts on snare
[Chorus] [Em] Don't waste your words I don't need [C]Anything from you [G] [Em] I don't care where you've been or [C]What you plan to do [D]
[Verse] [G] Stone me, why can't you see You're a no-one no [F] where washed up [C] Baby who'd look [G]better dead [G] Your tongue is far too long I don't like the way [F] it sucks and [C] Slurps upon my [G]every word
E|-------------------| B|-------------------| G|-------------------| D|-------------------| A|-----------0-------| E|-x-x-3-2-3---3-2-0-|*starts on snare
[Chorus] [Em] Don't waste your words I don't need [C]Anything from you [G] [Em] I don't care where you've been or [C]What you plan to do [D]
[Chorus 2] [C]I am the [Cm]resurrection [G]and I am the [G] light ... I [C]couldn't ever [Cm]bring myself to [G]hate you as I'd [Em] Liiiii[Em] iiiike [C]ike [G] [Em] ooo [Em] oh [C]oooh [G] (Solo carries on over) [Em][Em][C][D] - extra [D]
[C]I am the [Cm]resurrection [G]and I am the [G] light ... I [C]couldn't ever [Cm]bring myself to [G]hate you as I'd [Em] Liiiii[Em] iiiike [C]ike [G] [Em] ooo [Em] oh [C]oooh [D]
E|-----------------| B|-----------------| G|-----------------| D|-----------------| A|-3-3-2-3-2-3-0---| E|---------------3-| then play [G][G][C][G] - repeat above riff a few times until finish on [G]
