[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
Note - Goes early to Ab7 in second verse twice I think
[Intro - barre is dropped in intro - why feels odd - pattern xxX XxX] [Ebm7][Ab7]Oo ooh [Db7maj9-x43444]heh hey [Gbmaj7-243322]ah [Cmin7b5-x3434] What we're living in, (drop index 1 fret for next chord) [Bmaj7-x2434] let-me-tell-ya
[Bb7#5-6x677x] (no ascending bass line) - pattern is xxX XxS - no final Drum into xxB BxS xSS BxB BxxB
[Verse 1 - try xxb BxB bass drum pattern] (B) (S)Yeah It's a [Ebm7]wonder man can [Ab7]eat at all When [Db7maj9] things are big that [Gbmaj7] should be small [Cm7b5]Who can tell what [Bmaj7]magic spells [Bb7#5] Will be doing [Ebm7] for us? .. And I'm
[Ebm7] giving all my [Ab7] love to this world [Dbmaj9] Only [Gbmaj7]to be told [Cm7b5] I can't see, I [Bmaj7] can't breathe, [Bb7#5] no more will we [Ebm7] be....And
(chord order changes - go to 2nd chord early) [Ab7]nothing's going to change the [Dbmaj9]way we live Cos' [Gbmaj7] we can always take but [Cm7b5] never give An [Cm7b5] now that things're changing [Bb7#5] for the worse, see
[Ebm7] Woah, [Ab7] It's a crazy [Dbmaj9] world we're living in [Gbmaj7] And I just can't [Cm7b5] see that Half of [Bmaj7] us immersed in [Bb7#5-6x677x] sin is (odd extra bars/chords?) all we [Bb7] have to [Dm7b5-x5656x??] give these
[Chorus 1] [Bmaj7] Futures [Ddim7-x5656x] made of [Ebm7]virtu - [Gbmaj7]al in [Abm7]sani - [Bb7]ty now [Bmaj7] Always [Ddim7] seem to be [Ebm7] governed [Gbmaj7] by this [Abm7] love we [Bb7] have for [Bmaj7] Useless, [Ddim7] twisting [Ebm7] of the [Gbmaj7] new tech [Abm7] no - lo [Bb7] gy .. Oh, [Bmaj7] now there is no [Ddim7] sound, for we [Ebm7] all live [c] under - [Abm7] ground [Bb7]
[Verse 2] And I'm [Ebm7] thinking what a [Ab7] mess we're in [Dbmaj9] Hard to know where [Gbmaj11] to begin If [Cm7b5] I could slip the [Bmaj7] sickly ties That [Bb7#5] earthly man has made .. And
(chord order changes - go to 2nd chord early) [Ab7] now every [Dbmaj9] mother [Gbmaj11] can choose the [Cm7b5] colour [Bmaj7] Of her child [Bb7#5] that's not nature's [Ebm7] way
(chord order changes - go to 2nd chord early) Well [Ab7] that's what they said yester [Dbmaj9] day There's [Gbmaj7] nothing left to do but [Cm7b5] pray I [Bmaj7] think it's time I found [Bb7#5] a new re [Dm7b5] ligion,
[Ebm7] wo - ah, it's [Ab7sus4] so insane to [Dbmaj9] synthesize a [Gbmaj11] nother strain There's [Cm7b5] something in these [Bmaj7] futures that we [Bb7#5] have to be [Dm7b5] told
[Chorus 2] [Bmaj7] Futures [Ddim7-x5656x] made of [Ebm7]virtu - [Gbmaj7]al in [Abm7]sani - [Bb7]ty now [Bmaj7] Always [Ddim7] seem to be [Ebm7] governed [Gbmaj7] by this [Abm7] love we [Bb7] have for [Bmaj7] Useless, [Ddim7] twisting [Ebm7] of the [Gbmaj7] new tech [Abm7] no - lo [Bb7] gy .. Oh, [Bmaj7] now there is no [Ddim7] sound, for we [Ebm7] all live [Gbmaj7] under - [Abm7] ground [Bb7]
[Chorus 3] [Bmaj7] Now there is no sound [Ddim7] if we [Ebm7] all live [Gbmaj7] under-gr [Abm7] ound [Bb7] [Bmaj7] And now it's virtual in [Ddim7] sanity For [Ebm7] get your [Gbmaj7] virtual re [Abm7] al - i [Bb7] ty [Bmaj7] Oh, there's nothing [Ddim7] so bad. [Ebm7] I [Gbmaj7] know ye [Abm7] - ah [Bb7]
[Interlude - Drums stop - hold high vocal] [Ebm7][Ab7][Dbmaj9][Gbmaj7][Cm7b5][Bmaj7][Bb7#5] x 2
[Chorus 4] [Bmaj7] Futures [Ddim7-x5656x] made of [Ebm7]virtu - [Gbmaj7]al in [Abm7]sani - [Bb7]ty now [Bmaj7] Always [Ddim7] seem to be [Ebm7] governed [Gbmaj7] by this [Abm7] love we [Bb7] have for [Bmaj7] Useless, [Ddim7] twisting [Ebm7] of the [Gbmaj7] new tech [Abm7] no - lo [Bb7] gy .. Oh, [Bmaj7] now there is no [Ddim7] sound, for we [Ebm7] all live [Gbmaj7] under - [Abm7] ground [Bb7]
[Chorus 5 - Repeat line 4 times] [Bmaj7] Living in [Ddim7][Ebm7]virtu [Gbmaj7]al in [Abm7]sani [Bb7]ty
[Outro] (with standard rhythm) [Cbmaj9-x24422][Ddim7-x5656x] (hold chords) [Ebmin7] Virtual In [Dbmaj9/F-446644]sanity is[Fmin7b5-131111-ignore b5] [Gb7sus4-242422]what [Gb]we're living [Cbsus2-224422]in [Cm7b5-x3434x]Yeah [Cbmaj7-x2434] [Bb7#5-6x677x]Well, it's alright
