C                 Am           C 
The greatest man I never knew 
                     Am    C 
Lived just down the hall 
               Am           C 
And everyday we said hello 
                     F    C F 
But never touched at all 
               C      F 
He was in his paper 
              Am   C  
I was in my room 
               Am                F  G   C 
How was I to know he thought I hung the moon 
C                 Am           C 
The greatest man I never knew 
                      Am 
Came home late every night 
                  Am          C 
He never had too much to say  
                    F     C F 
Too much was on his mind 
                 C 
I never really knew him 
       F                Am  C 
Oh and now it seems so sad 
              Am              F   G  C     Em 
Everything he gave to us took all he had 
Em            F   
Then the days turned into years 
        C            G               C  Em 
And the memories to black and white 
Em                    F 
He grew cold like an old winter wind 
Am                 G 
Blowing across my life 
C                   Am           C 
The greatest words I never heard 
                    Am   C 
I guess I'll never hear 
                       Am          C  
The man I thought would never die 
                     F      C F 
S'been dead almost a year 
               C 
He was good in business 
              F        C       Am   C 
But there was business left to do 
                 Am 
He never said he loved me 
         F       G C         
Guess he thought I knew