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[Verse 1]
C
Ah, I can see them now
F
Clutching a handkerchief
FmG
And blowing me a kiss
CEmC
Discreetly asking how
C
How come he died so young
F
Or was he very old
FmG7
Is the body still warm
GEE7E
Is it already cold
Am
All doors are open wide
Em
They grope around inside
C7F
My desk, my drawers, my trunk
FmEm
There's nothing left to hide
D#dim7
Some love letters are there
Dm
And an old photograph
G
They've laid my poor soul bare
C
And all they do is laugh
EmC
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha - ha, ha, ha!
{Verse 2]
C
Ah, I can see them all
F
So formal and so stiff
FmG
Like a sergeant-at-arms
CEmC
At the policeman's ball
C
And everybody's pushing
F
To be the first in line
FmG7
Their hearts upon their sleeves
GEE7E
Like a ten-cent valentine
Am
The old women are there
Em
Too old to give a damn
C7F
They brought along the kids
FmEm
Who don't know who I am
D#dim7
They're thinking about the price
Dm
Of my funeral bouquet
G
What they're thinking isn't nice
C
For now they'll have to pay
EmC
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha - ha, ha, ha
{Verse 3]
C
Oh, I see all of you
F
All of my phony friends
Fm
Who can't wait till it ends
GCEmC
Who can't wait till it's through
C
Oh, I see all of you
F
You've been laughing all these years
Fm
And now all that you have left
GEE7E
Are a few crocodile tears
Am
Ah, you don't even know
Em
That you're entering your hell
C7F
As you leave my cemetery
FmEm
And you think you're doing well
D#dim7
With that one who's at your side
Dm
You're as proud as you can be
G
Ah, she's going to make you cry
C
But not the way you cried for me
EmC
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha - ha, ha, ha
[Verse 4]
C
Ah, I can see me now
F
So cold and so alone
Fm
As the flowers slowly die
GCEmC
In my field of little bones
C
Ah, I can see me now
F
I can see me at the end
FmG7
Of this voyage that I'm on
GEE7E
Without a love, without a friend
Am
Now all this that I see
Em
Is not what I deserve
C7F
They really have a nerve
FmEm
To say these things to me
D#dim7
No, girls, just bread and water
Dm
All your money you must save
G
Or there'll be nothing left for us
C
When you're dead and in your grave
EmCC#(b5)C
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha - ha, ha, ha!