Tonalité : E major
Intro 1
D
Verse 1
D
I remember this afternoon
C#
F#m
When my sis ter came into the room
C
D
She refused to say how my father was
A
B
But I knew he'd be dying soon.
Verse 2
Em
And I was oh so glad,
A
and it was oh so sad
D
A
That I realized that I despised this
Bm
C#
man I once called father.
F#m
In his hanging on,
A
Ebdim
B
with fingers clutching
Em
His body now just eighty-eight pounds
pounds
G
Blinded eyes still searching
Asus4
A
D
For some distant dream that had
A
F#m
B
faded away at the seams.
Em
Asus4
Dying alone, naturally.
Interlude 1
D
B
D
Verse 3
D
I was his favourite child,
C#
F#m
I had him a little while
C
F#dim
Just as long as I could play the pi
A
B
ano and smile a little smile
Em
Just when I needed him most,
A
he was already a ghost
D
F#m
And for all my life there where promises
Bm
C#
and they always have been broken
Verse 4
F#m
A
Ebdim
Leaving me alone with all my troubles
B
Em
Not ever once touching me and saying
G
"Daugther, I'll help you get over."
D
A
Now he's fadig away and
Bm
I'm glad to say,
Bsus4
Em
Asus4
A
He's dying at last. Naturally.
Interlude 2
D
Verse 5
D
It's a very sad thing to see that my
F#m
mother with all her heart
C
F#dim
Believes the words that the Bible
A
B
said "Til death do us two part".
Em
For her that was forever and ay,
A
he decided her night and day
D
F#m
How could some English words so small
Bm
C#
affect someone so strangely?
Verse 6
F#m
A
Ebdim
Taking her away from us, her soul included
B
Em
She might es well be gone with him,
G
Gm
all the children are excluded.
G
D
A
B
Loneliness is hell, I know so well,
Em
Asus4
A
For I'm alone. Naturally.
Interlude 3
D
Bm
A
Bm
F#
Bm
F#m
C#
F#m
G
A
F#m
Bm
A
C#
F#m
Bm
A
G
Asus4
A
Asus4
A
D
A
Bm
B
I waited
Verse 7
Bsus4
Bm
three weeks for him to die
A
G
F#sus4
I waited three weeks
F#
Em
Bm
D
for him to die
A
C#
C#m
Every night he was calling
Bm
G
on me
Em
D
I wouldn't go to him.
C#
C#dim
F#m
A
I waited three weeks for him
Asus4
G
to die
Asus4
Three weeks for him to die.
Interlude 4
Asus4
G
D
Verse 8
D
And after he died, after he died
Every night I went out,
C#
A
every night I had a flight.
F#m
C
A
It didn't matter who it was with
B
'Cos I knew what it was about.
Em
And if you could read between lines,
A
Em
my Dad and I close as flies.
G
D
A
I loved him then and I loved him still,
Bm
C#
C#
that's why my heart's so broken.
Verse 9
F#m
A
Leaving me to doubt God
Ebdim
in His Mercy
B
Em
And if He really does exist then
G
why does He desert me?
D
D
A
When he passed away I smoked
Bm
B
and drank all day,
Em
Em
G
Em
Alone. Again. Naturally.
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