Standard tuning; EADGBE Verse; C Bm He was a very special warm and gentle person C Bm who put the music in the world and spoke in rhyme C Bm and it hurts me that I never really knew him C G 'cause all it would have taken was some time C Bm you know he always seemed to be there when I stumbled C Bm and when mountains got too steep for me to climb C Bm and it tears me up to think I never touched him C G 'cause all it would have taken was some time Chorus; Em Well, ain't that just the way that life goes Bm down, down, down, down C G movin' way too fast or much too slow Em gettin' up, gettin' high, gettin' down Bm gettin' no, no, nowhere C G 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 Em Gettin' up gettin' high, gettin' down, Bm gettin' no, no, nowhere repeat (3X then fade out)