Key: E major
Verse 1
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
D
A
That I realized that I despised this
Bm
C#
man I once called father.
A
Ebdim
B
with fingers clutching
pounds
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
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
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
D
A
Now he's fadig away and
Bsus4
Em
Asus4
A
He's dying at last. Naturally.
Verse 5
C
F#dim
Believes the words that the Bible
A
B
said "Til death do us two part".
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
Asus4
G
to die
Interlude 4
Asus4
G
D
Verse 8
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
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
B
Em
And if He really does exist then
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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