Death Of A Single Man

E C#7/G# F#m7 B7 E C#7/G# F#m B7 Remember when we got the news E C#7/G# F#m B7 Confirming our worst fears E C#7/G# A7 Am I said he wouldn’t make it six months F#m7 B7 E B7 And others gave him a year E C#7/G# F#m7 B7 And sure enough last Saturday E C#7/G# F#m7 B7 We paid our last respects E C#7/G# F#m7 B7 A Am He left us here still in this life F#m7 B7 E F#m7 E7/G# And he’s gone on to the next A A7 G# G#7 I’d never seen him wear a tie C#m7 F#7 G#7 But he looked so natural, almost lifelike A A7 G# G#7 The preacher spoke, his mother cried C#m7 F#7 B7 When he said “Son, you may now kiss the bride” E C#7/G# F#m7 B7 Everyone cheered, I thought how odd E A Am I didn’t understand E C#m7 A Am Why with champagne and cake we celebrate F#m7 B7 E B7 The death of a single man E C#7/G# F#m7 B7 So many flowers, he was so loved E C#7/G# G#dim7 F#m7 B7 Prior to the bride E C#7/G# As a matter of fact A7 Am F#7 B7 E F#m7 E7/G# The maid of honor should be disqualified A7 G#7 To all his friends, it’s a wake-up call C#m7 If it happened to him F#m7 G#7 It can happen to us all A7 G#7 Nothing says it’s over man C#m7 F#7 B7 Like a bad 80’s cover band E E/G# A Am How can we dance to My Sharona E B7 E At the death of a single man E C#7/G# F#m7 B7 E F#m7 B7 E A E E A G#7 C#m7 F#7 G7 G#7 A7 G# B7 C#m7 F#m7 G#m7 F#m7 E C#7/G# He was so young F#m7 B7 So full of dreams C#7/G# F#m7 B7 Before the day he fell E C#7/G# A Am Now he’s gone on to a better place F#7 B7 E Or possibly to hell A7 G#7 Now here we are, seems so unfair C#m7 F#7 G7 G#7 It’s poker night and there’s one empty chair A G#7 So many things we’re gonna miss C#m7 F#7 A7 His happy smile and that great laugh of his E C#7G# F#m7 B7 I think of him in the afterwife, life E A Am I guess all good things must end E C#7/G# A Am So with Jack and Coke, we’ll make a toast F#m7 B7 E Emaj7 E7 Emaj6 To the death of a single man