Standard tuning; EADGBE

Verse;
         C5                            B5
He was a very special warm and gentle person
            C5                               B5
who put the music in the world and spoke in rhyme
       C5                            B5
and it hurts me that I never really knew him
              C5                         G5 
'cause all it would have taken was some time
 
             C5                               B5 
you know he always seemed to be there when I stumbled
             C5                             B5
and when mountains got too steep for me to climb
       C5                            B5
and it tears me up to think I never touched him
              C5                         G5
'cause all it would have taken was some time

Chorus;

E5
Well, ain't that just the way that life goes
B5
down, down, down, down
C5                               G5
movin' way too fast or much too slow
E5
gettin' up, gettin' high, gettin' down
        B5
gettin' no, no, nowhere
        C5                             G5
but not gettin' into someone I should know

Same as verse before;

Now he's in another place and I can't reach him
and I feel as though I'm guilty of a crime
I took all he had to give and gave him nothin'
and all it would have taken was some time

Chorus x 2
        E5
Gettin' up gettin' high, gettin' down,
        B5
gettin' no, no, nowhere repeat (3X then fade out)