Key: Db major
Intro 1
C
Bb
C
Gsus4
I didn't even
Verse 1
C
know the man
F
I didn't know the man himself
Gsus4
G
Even though his music filled my life
C
As it has so many others
Gsus4
I knew that he had died
Verse 2
C
that week
F
After fighting death a year or more
Gsus4
G
But I had had a rule before
Gsus4
G
C
That funerals were a waste of flowers
Verse 3
Am
But something said I had to go
Em
To be a witness to his gift of love
A man who never once
F
gave up on life
Gsus4
Until death took him
G
in his tracks
Gsus4
G
The people stood
Verse 4
C
around the church
F
Ten thousand people there they say,
Gsus4
F
or more
Gsus4
Black and white, rich and poor
G
C
Together they were there to say farewell
F
In New York City it had rained
Verse 5
C
that day
The streets were silver and
Gsus4
the sky was gray
But in the church the music
soared and sang
G
C
And seemed to fill the air with shining sun
Verse 6
Am
The man was a hero
Em
He played the music of our souls
F
He knew that we all have in us
Gsus4
G
A place where beauty always grows
Gsus4
C
Interlude 1
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Gsus4
G
Gsus4
C
F
Outside in
Verse 7
C
the streets again
The people wandered through
Gsus4
the falling rain
They waved their hands and
G
Gsus4
dried their tears
G
Gsus4
And turned to go
G
C
about their lives again
F
Gsus4
But none of us will
Verse 8
C
be the same
Gsus4
If we hear the things his music says
That loving is the gift of life
C
And making music was his way of love
Verse 9
Am
The man was a hero
Em
He played the music of our souls
F
He knew that we all have in us
Gsus4
A place where beauty
Outro 1
always grows
Gsus4
C
Bb
Bb
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