Death Of A Single Man

E G#m7 A7 B7 E G#m7 F#m B remember when we got the news E c#dom7 F#m B confirming our worst fears E Fdim A Am i said he wouldnt make it six months E B E and others gave him a year G#m7 F#m B and sure enough last saturday E c#dom7 F#m B we paid our last respects E Fdim A Am he left us here still in this life E B E D G#m and hes gone on to the next A Am G# id never seen him wear a tie C#m F# F# G# but he looked so natural , almost lifelike A Am G# the preacher spoke , his mother cried C#m F# when he said son , you may now kiss the bride everyone cheered , i thought how odd i didnt understand why with champagne and cake we celebrate the death of a single man so many flowers , he was so loved prior to the bride as a matter of fact the maid of honor should be disqualified to all his friends , its a wake - up call if it happened to him it can happen to us all nothing says its over man like a bad 80s cover band how can we dance to my sharona at the death of a single man he was so young so full of dreams before the day he fell now hes gone on to a better place or possibly to hell now here we are , seems so unfair its poker night and theres one empty chair so many things were gonna miss his happy smile and that great laugh of his i think of him in the afterwife , life i guess all good things must end so with jack and coke , well make a toast to the death of a single man