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 
&#039;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
&#039;cause all it would have taken was some time

Chorus;

E5
Well, ain&#039;t that just the way that life goes
B5
down, down, down, down
C5                               G5
movin&#039; way too fast or much too slow
E5
gettin&#039; up, gettin&#039; high, gettin&#039; down
        B5
gettin&#039; no, no, nowhere
        C5                             G5
but not gettin&#039; into someone I should know

Same as verse before;

Now he&#039;s in another place and I can&#039;t reach him
and I feel as though I&#039;m guilty of a crime
I took all he had to give and gave him nothin&#039;
and all it would have taken was some time

Chorus x 2
        E5
Gettin&#039; up gettin&#039; high, gettin&#039; down,
        B5
gettin&#039; no, no, nowhere repeat (3X then fade out)