Standard tuning; EADGBE

Verse;
             
He was a very 

              
special warm a

          
nd gentle pers

on
             
who put the mu

              
sic in the wor

              
ld and spoke i

  
n rhyme
             
and it hurts m

              
e that I never

        
 really knew h

im
              
'cause all it 

             
would have tak

             
en was some ti

me
 
             
you know he al

              
ways seemed to

              
 be there when

    
 I stumbled
             
and when mount

              
ains got too s

              
teep for me to

 
 climb
             
and it tears m

              
e up to think 

        
I never touche

d him
              
'cause all it 

             
would have tak

            
en was some ti

me

Chorus;


Well, ain't th

at just the wa

y that life go

es

down, down, do

wn, down
             
movin' way too

              
 fast or much 

    
too slow

gettin' up, ge

ttin' high, ge

ttin' down
        
gettin' no, no

, nowhere
             
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
        
Gettin' up get

tin' high, get

tin' down,
        
gettin' no, no

, nowhere repe

at (3X then fa

de out)