[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
[F#m] Uh hum (riff) D 4------4----------- A 4----4------------- E 2------------------
During verse [F#m] Uh hum (riff) [D][C#7] D 4------4-----------7---6- A 4----4-------------5---4-- E 2------------------------
[Verse 1] (Shorty [E Riff]) [F#m]Get ... dow own …… (o)good Lord [D]Baby got 'em open all [C#7]over tow..own [F#m] Strickly biz she don't (o)play a....round Cover [D]much gro ounds, got [C#7]game by the pound
[F#m] Gettin paid is her for..te … Each and [D]every day ... true [C#7]player way I [F#m]can't (stop drums and music) get her outta my mind (wow) I [D] think about the girl all the [C#7] time (wow wow) (drums back in - bass riff E - 0 00 0 1 2)
[F#m] East side to the west side Push your [D]fat rides its [C#7]no surprise [F#m] She got tricks in the stash Stacking up the [D]cash, (stops) fast when it [C#7] comes to the gas (bass riff back in)
[F#m] By no means average She's [D]on when she's got to [C#7] have it [F#m] Baby your a perfect 10 I wanna get [D]in (Stop) ... can I get [C#7] down so I can [F#m] win
[Chorus] [F#m] I like the way you work it No [D] Diggity, I got to [C#7] bag it, bag it up [F#m] I like the way you work it No [D] Diggity, I got to [C#7] bag it, bag it up [F#m] I like the way you work it No [D] Diggity, I got to [C#7] bag it, bag it up [F#m] I like the way you work it No [D] Diggity, I got to [C#7] bag it up
[Verse 2] She's [F#m] got class and style [D] street knowledge by the [C#7] pound. Baby never [F#m] act wild very [D] low key on the prof [C#7] ile.
[F#m] Catching feelings is a no So let me [D] tell you how it [C#7] goes. (stops) Curves [F#m] the words, spins the verbs Lovers it [D] curbs so freak [C#7] what you heard
Rollin' [F#m] with the phatness [D] you don't even know [C#7] what the half is You got to [F#m] pay to play (stop) [D]just for shorty, bang bang, to [C#7]look your way.
[F#m] (so) I like the way you work it. Trumped [D] tight, all day, [C#7] every day (stop) Yo [F#m] u're blowing my mind, maybe in time Baby I get [D] you in my ride [C#7]
[Chorus] [F#m] I like the way you work it No [D] Diggity, I got to [C#7] bag it, bag it up [F#m] I like the way you work it No [D] Diggity, I got to [C#7] bag it, bag it up [F#m] I like the way you work it No [D] Diggity, I got to [C#7] bag it, bag it up [F#m] I like the way you work it No [D] Diggity, I got to [C#7] bag it up
[Hey ya, hey ya section] [F#m][F#m][D][C#7] x 4 with random solos during stops
[Chorus] [F#m] I like the way you work it No [D] Diggity, I got to [C#7] bag it, bag it up [F#m] I like the way you work it No [D] Diggity, I got to [C#7] bag it, bag it up [F#m] I like the way you work it No [D] Diggity, I got to [C#7] bag it, bag it up [F#m] I like the way you work it No [D] Diggity, I got to [C#7] bag it up
[Hey ya, hey ya section] [F#m][F#m][D][C#7] x 4 with random solos during stops Then can repeat until end
[Notes] [E Riff] - Played with snare as a turnaround at points in song D 2--22-22--2 A x--xx-xx--x E 0--00-00--0