[Intro] G D C G

         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

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

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

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

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

Em
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

Em
Ain't that just the way that life goes
Bm
Down, down, down, down
C                              G
Movin' way too fast or much too slow...