|C        |D/F#   G       |C         |D/F#   G      |
|C        |D/F#   G       |C         |D/F#   G      |

[Verse 1]
       C                D/F#   G
He was walking down the highway
        C             D/F#  G
And you saw him straddling along
        C                   D/F#    G
And you reached out, opened up your door
        C                       D/F#     G
And you gave him a ride to your heavenly home

[Turnaround]
|C        |D/F#   G    |C       |D/F#   G     |

[Verse 2]
        C                 D/F#   G
God his mother, she don't listen
        C             D/F#    G
And his father, hated his old man
        C               D/F#     G
But you listened to his feelings
         C                 D/F#  G
And your eyes consistantly understand
          C                 D/F#  G
Yes, your eyes consistantly understand

[Chorus 1]
         D                    G
He was a good man, he lived a good life
         D                    G
He was a good man, he lived a good life
           C                    G
But he was dancing to the bright lights
       C              D     Dsus D
He was dying for some love

[Turnaround]
|C        |D/F#   G     |C        |D/F#   G     |

[Verse 3]
         C                D/F#  G
Well you see him with his guitar
         C                D/F#   G
Down the highway he would walk along
        C                  D/F#     G
Singing old songs, singing Sunday blues
        C                     D/F#  G
But the school bells were his only song
         C                     D/F#  G
Yea, the school bells were his only song

[Verse 4]
            C                 D/F#  G
Through the fire, through the lying sun
            C                            D/F#     G
Through the smoke and the fog, through a day thats done
           C                       D/F#      G
There was strength then, there was hope, and life
          C                        D/F#   G
There was strings of peace from the other side
          C                        D/F#   G
There was strings of peace from the other side

[Chorus 1]
         D                    G
He was a good man, he lived a good life
         D                    G
He was a good man, he lived a good life
           C                    G
But he was dancing to the bright lights
       C               D    Dsus D
He was dying for some love

[Instrumental]
|C  G     |Am   G/B    |C    G      |Am    G/B     |

[Bridge]
|C   G                     Am       G/B    C    G
        Don't you see he's falling away
Am       G/B         C             G        C      Am
   Thank God for the love that you gave
     G/B      C         G
Only love can put out a fire
    Am       G/B      C           G          Dsus      D
And all your love was calling him higher and higher

[Chorus 1]
         D                    G
He was a good man, he lived a good life
         D                    G
He was a good man, he lived a good life
           C                    G
But he was dancing to the bright lights
       C             D    Dsus
He was dying for some love

[Chorus 2]
         D                    G
He was a good man, he lived a good life
         D                    G
He was a good man, he lived a good life
                  C              G
And you were right there for the hard times
         C                      D
You were right there again and again
           C       D/F#   G
Again and again
           C       D/F#   G
Again and again

[Ending]
       C             D/F#  G
He was walking
         C           D/F#  G
down the highway
        C                       D/F#     G       C       D/F#  G
And you gave him a ride to your heavenly home
    C                       D/F#     G          C        D/F#  G
You gave him a ride to your heavenly home