[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] Maybe I don't re [D] ally want to know How your [Am] garden grows As [C] I just want t [D] o fly [G] Lately did you e [D] ver feel the pain In the mo [Am] rning rain As [C] it soaks you to the [D] bone
[Chorus 1 - Full drums] [Em] Maybe I just want to [D] fly Wanna live, I don't want to [Am] die Maybe I just want to [C] breathe Maybe [D] I just don't [Em] believe Maybe you're the same a [D] s me We see things they'll never [Am] see You and I, we're gonna live [Fadd9] forever
[Verse 2] I said m [G] aybe I don't r [D] eally wanna know How your garden [Am] grows Cause [C] I just want to [D] fly [G] Lately did you ever f [D] eel the pain In the morning r [Am] ain As it [C] soaks you to th [D] e bone
[Chorus 2] [Em] Maybe I will never [D] be All the things that I wann [Am] a be Now is not the time to [C] cry Now's the [D] time to find out [Em] why I think you're the same as [D] me We see things they'll neve [Am] r see You and I are gonna live f [Fadd9] orever
[Solo] G D Am C D x2 Em D Am C D Em D Am Fadd9
[Verse 1 - No drums] [G] Maybe I don't re [D] ally want to know How your [Am] garden grows As [C] I just want t [D] o fly (full drums) [G] Lately did you e [D] ver feel the pain In the mo [Am] rning rain As [C] it soaks you to the [D] bone
[Chorus 1] [Em] Maybe I just want to [D] fly Wanna live, I don't want to [Am] die Maybe I just wanna to [C] breathe Maybe [D] I just don't [Em] believe Maybe you're the same a [D] s me We see things they'll never [Am] see You and I, we're gonna live [FMaj7] forever [Am]
[Outro] Gonna live [Fmaj7] forever [Am] Gonna live [Fmaj7] forever [Am] We're gonna [Fmaj7] live forever [Am] Gonna live [Fmaj7] forever [Am] Gonna live [Fmaj7] forever [Am] Gonna live [Fmaj7] forever [Am]
