VERSE 1

         C                            G
He was a very special warm and gentle person
            C                               G              D
who put the music in the world and spoke in rhyme
       Em                            Bm
and it hurts me that I never really knew him
              C                         G 
'cause all it would have taken was some time
 
             C                               G 
you know he always seemed to be there when I stumbled
             C                             G                D
and when mountains got too steep for me to climb
       Em                            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

VERSE 2 (same as Verse 1)

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 x2

BRIDGE (x4)

        Em
Gettin' up gettin' high, gettin' down,
        Bm
gettin' no, no, nowhere repeat 

CHORUS