We Will All Go Together When We Go chords by Tom Lehrer
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Verse 1
I am reminded (C major) at this point of a fellow I used to know who's name was henry,
only to give you an idea of what an individualist he was he spelt it hen3ry. the 3 was silent, you see. henry was fin
(F major) Lly independent having in (B flat major) herited his father's tar-and-feather business (F major) business business and was therefore
(C major) able to devote his full time to such intellectual pursuits as (F minor) writing. I particularly remember a heart-wa
Novel Novel of his about a (C major) young necropheliac who finally achieved his boy-hood
ambition ambition by becoming coroner.
moderate laughter
The rest of you can look (D flat major) it up when you get home. in addition to writing he indulged in a good deal of
philosophizing. like so many contemporary (C major) philosophers he especially enjoyed giving helpful
Ce to people who were happier than he was. one particular bit of advice which I recall, which is the reason I bring
up this whole, dreary story is something he said (F minor) once before they took him awa
The Massachusetts state home for the bewilderd. he said: "life is like a sewer (C major) : what you get out
of it depends on what you put into it." it's always seems to me that this is precisely
Sort of dynamic, posit (G major) ive thinking that we so desperately (C major) need in these trying times of crisis and universal broo-ha-ha,
and and and so with this in mind I have here a modern positive dynamic uplifting
In the tradition of (F minor) the great old revival hymns. this
one might more accurately be termed a survival (F sharp major) hymn.
When you attend a funeral, It is sad to think that sooner or
Later those you love will do the
same for you.
Verse 2
And you may have (C major)
thought it tragic,
Not to mention other adjec-
Tives, to think of all the weeping
they will do.
But don't you worry.
No more ashes,
(F major) no more sackcloth.
And an armband made of black cloth
Will some day never more adorn a sleeve.
For if the bomb that drops on you
Gets your friends (B flat major) and neighbors too, (G major)
There'll be (C major) nobody left behind to (F major) grieve.
(C major) And we will
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Verse 3
(F major) all go together when we (B flat major) go.
What a com (G major) forting fact that is to know. (C major)
Universal (F major) bereavement,
An in (B flat major) spiring achievement,
Yes, we (C major) all will go together
when we go. (F major) (D flat major)
Verse 4
We will (F sharp major) all go together when we (B major) (G sharp minor) go.
All suffuse with an incandescent (C sharp major) glow.
No one will have the endurance
To col (F sharp major) lect on his (B major) insurance,
Lloyd's of london will (C sharp major) be
loaded when (F sharp major) they (D major) go.
Verse 5
Oh we will (G major) all fry together when we fry. (E sharp major)
We'll be french fried potatoes
by and by. (D sharp major) (E major)
There will be no more misery
When the world (E sharp major) is our rotisserie,
Yes, we (B major) will all fry together
Verse 6
when we fry.
(E major) Down by the old maelstrom,
There'll be a storm (C major) before the calm.
And we will all bake together when
(E sharp major) we bake.
There'll be nobody present
at the wake.
With complete participation
In that grand (B flat major) incineration,
Nearly three (C major) billion hunks of
well-done (D flat major) steak.
steak.
Verse 7
Oh we will all (F sharp major) char together when we char. (B major)
And (G sharp minor) let there be no moaning of the bar. (C sharp major)
Just sing (F sharp major) out a te deum
When you see (B major) that i.c.b.m.,
And the party (C sharp major) will be "come as you (F sharp major) are."
Oh (D major) we will
Verse 8
(G major) all burn together
when we (F major) burn.
There'll be no need to stand and
wait your (B major) turn. (Baug) (E major)
When it's time for the fallout
And saint (F major) peter calls us all out,
We'll just (B major) drop our
agendas and adjourn.
Verse 9
You will all go directly to your re (E major)
spective valhallas.
Go directly, do not pass go, do
not collect two hundred dolla's.
(C major) And we will
Verse 10
(F major) all go together when we go. (B flat major)
Ev'ry (G minor) (G major) hottenhot and ev'ry
eskimo. (C major)
When the (F major) air becomes uranious,
And we (B flat major) will all go simultan (G minor) eous.
(G major) (C major) Yes we all will go together
When (D major) we all go together,
Yes we all will go together when we (F major) go.
We Will All Go Together When We Go
Tom Lehrer
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