[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] * R CfFfFfFf FfFfSfSf- L ----S--- ----S-S-- F B-B---BB -BB------ X 3 * second time only -
[Intro 2 - half the sub divisions] R C-H-H-H- H-H-H-H- C---F-C- ----F-F- L ----S--- ----S--- ---F-F-- ----S-S- F B--B--BB -BBB---- X 3 B-----B- -----B-B * second time only -
[Verse] (drums quite straight BxSB xxSx with crashes on 1 and 4 ) [E] Too a [C#m]larming now, to [E] talk about [C#m] [E] Take your [C#m]pictures down, and [E] shake it out [C#m] [E] Truth or [C#m]con sequence, [E] say it a [C#m]loud [E] Use that [C#m]e vidence, [E] race it a [C#m]round
[Chorus] R C------T -TT-S-F- L ----SS-F -FF--S-F x 8 F B---B--- B---B--- [A] There goes my hero, watch him as he [E]goes [A] There goes my hero, he's ordinary [E] [riff - 2 climbs] [F#5][A] (Drums stop)
[Back in - Guitar at *] * R C---F-C- C------- C------- ----F-F- L ---F-F-- -------- -------- ----S-S- F B-----B- B------- B------- -----B-B
[Verse] [E] Don't the [C#m]best of them, [E] bleed it out [C#m] [E] While the [C#m]rest of them, [E] peter out [C#m] [E] Truth or [C#m]con sequence, [E] say it a [C#m]loud [E] Use that [C#m]e vidence, [E] race it a [C#m]round
[Chorus] [A] There goes my hero, watch him as he [E]goes [A] There goes my hero, he's ordinary [E] [riff - 2 climbs] [F#5][A] (Drums stop)
[Back in] R C---F-C- -------- L ---F-F-- -------- F B-----B- --------
R C------- -------- C-----C- -------- L -------- -------- ----S--- -------- x 2 F B------- -------- B-----B- --------
[Build] Total 8 (4 bars but counting 8 makes more sense) Unison for 6 Momma Dadda rolls for 2
[Bridge - Drums as per verse] [E] Ku dos my [C#m] hero, [E]leaving all [C#m] the best [E] You know my [C#m] hero, the [E]one that's ooooooooon [C#m]
