Capo 1st fret

Standard (EADGBE)

At last I understand the consequences of my love

 But how could there be a heaven where they kicked you out

 'cause you kicked out your chair from above

 Everybode loves to stick with the winner

 But you showed me the line between victory and dying

 couldn't get much thinner 'cause you

 You found out how to get down

Down like me

When my self-pity became less than a full-time work

I meditated on the methods and the means

 and whether or not it would hurt

 Then I got a call they found you swinging out over the earth

 And so over me you win again in finishes, forms,

 in finals and in firsts

 You finally had to get down

Down like me

"By the time you read this I will no longer be here"

I had to read these words to all your family, friends

 everybody you never held dear

 We'll keep an empty place at dinner forever

 And I'll maintain an empty chair so you can set in

 And we'll never grow old together

 You showed 'em how to get down

Down like me