[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
[Verse 1 - Guitar in] G D Maybe I don't really want to know Am How your garden grows C D As I just want to fly G D Lately did you ever feel the pain Am In the morning rain C D As it soaks you to the bone
[Chorus 1 - Full drums] Em D Maybe I just want to fly Am Wanna live, I don't want to die C Maybe I just want to breathe D Em Maybe I just don't believe D Maybe you're the same as me Am We see things they'll never see Fadd9 You and I, we're gonna live forever
[Verse 2] G D I said maybe I don't really wanna know Am How your garden grows C D Cause I just want to fly G D Lately did you ever feel the pain Am In the morning rain C D As it soaks you to the bone
[Chorus 2] Em D Maybe I will never be Am All the things that I wanna be C Now is not the time to cry D Em Now's the time to find out why D I think you're the same as me Am We see things they'll never see Fadd9 You and I are gonna live forever
[Solo] G D Am C D x2 Em D Am C D Em D Am Fadd9
[Verse 1 - No drums] G D Maybe I don't really want to know Am How your garden grows C D As I just want to fly (full drums) G D Lately did you ever feel the pain Am In the morning rain C D As it soaks you to the bone
[Chorus 1] Em D Maybe I just want to fly Am Wanna live, I don't want to die C Maybe I just wanna to breathe D Em Maybe I just don't believe D Maybe you're the same as me Am We see things they'll never see FMaj7 Am You and I, we're gonna live forever
[Outro] FMaj7 Am Gonna live forever FM7 Am Gonna live forever FM7 Am We're gonna live forever FM7 Am Gonna live forever FM7 Am Gonna live forever FM7 Am Gonna live forever