[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
[Intro - Full drums] [E][Fuller Run E to C][C][D][E] x2 (oohs)
1 2 oh oh oh - (notes to sing) oh(C) x x oh(C/B) x x oh(D/A) x x oh(E/B)
[Verse 1 - go much quieter on guitar so can build in chorus] [E] How, ...(keyboard riff) ....[C#m-High] ... how can it [D] be ...That a [Bm7] love carved out of [E] caring Fashioned by [C#m] fate Could suffer so [D] hard ..... From the [Bm7] games played once too [E] often (keyboard riff) [C#m-High] ... [D] stakes ... is a [Bm7] part of life's imper [E] fections Born of the [C#m] years .. Is it [D] so wrong To be [Bm7] human after [E] all
[Pre-Chorus - words in () brackets drop if can not get to] [E][Lighter Run E to C] Drawn into the [C] stream ..... (Of) [D] undefined ill [E] usion Those [Lighter Run E to C] diamond [C] dreams ..... (They) [D] can't disguise the [E] truth
[Chorus] [Fuller run E to C] That there is something [C] about you, ...........[D] baby, so [E] right [Fuller run E to C] I wouldn't be with [C] out you, [D] baby, to [E] night
[Verse 2] [E] (keyboard riff) [C#m-High] If ever our [D] love was con [Bm7] cealed .. No one can [E] say that we didn't [C#m] feel .. A million [D] things and a [Bm7] perfect dream of [E] life (keyboard riff) [C#m-High] Gone, fragile but [D] free .... We [Bm7] remain tender to [E] gether If not so in [C#m] love It's not [D] so wrong We're only [Bm7] human after [E] all
[Pre-Chorus - Just bass drum] [E][Lighter Run E to C] These che en gine [C] years ..... (They) [D] add to your con [E] fusion [Lighter Run E to C] (E-0) Oh (2)and you (on beat) (4)nee (5)eed (A-2)to [C] hear (The) [D] time that told the [E] truth
[Chorus - Full drums] [Fuller run E to C] That there is something [C] about you, ...........[D] baby, so [E] right [Fuller run E to C] I wouldn't be with [C] out you, [D] baby, to [E] night
[Solo] [E][Fuller run E to C][C][D][E] x2
[Oohs] [E][Fuller run E to C][C][D][E] x 4 (something about you improv)
[End] [E riff] [E][C#m-High] E x-------12-- B 9-10-12-9--- G 9-------9--- D 9-------x--- A x-------11-- E 0-------9---
[Lighter Run E to C] Count (1) (2) (3)(&)(4)(&) - * = barre with 1st finger and lift up bottom so high open strings ring a bit E 0-0-0--0 B 0-0-0--1 G 1-1-1--0 D 2-2-2--2 A 2-2-2--3 E 0-2-457-
[Fuller run E to C] Count (1) (2) (3)(&)(4)(&) - * = barre with 1st finger and lift up bottom so high open strings ring a bit (with snares) E 0--0--0-0-0-0 B 0--0--0-0-0-1 G 1--1--0-1-1-0 D 2--2--2-2-2-2 A 2--2--2-0-2-3 E 0--2--4-0-0-x
