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