Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
E MajorE A augmentedA F# minorF#m
E MajorE B minorBm
Verse 1:
E MajorE B minorBm
He was a dreamer from the day___ he was born
E MajorE D MajorD
Now he’s an old man, and his body___ is worn
A minorAm B minorBm C majorC
In his eyes burns a flame: all that remains
B minorBm A augmentedA E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA E MajorE F# minorF#m D MajorD E MajorE
Of the man that they all used to know
Verse 2:
E MajorE B minorBm
Home for the first time, in many’s___ the day
E MajorE D MajorD
His sons and his daughters, reu-nited___ again
A minorAm B minorBm C majorC
Birth or death, we-dding bells, not when you’re well
B minorBm A augmentedA E MajorE
They have come for the passing a-way
Chorus:
F# minorF#m A augmentedA
And he knows___ it’s the day
D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm
And his life flashes by, there, ‘fore his eyes
F# minorF#m A augmentedA
Yes he knows___ it’s the day
D MajorD A augmentedA
And his friends have all come
B minorBm G+G
A-waiting the curtain to fall
D MajorD C majorC B minorBm E MajorE
Nothing can stop it at all, no, no, no
Verse 3:
E MajorE B minorBm
“He was a good man,” said his wife___ to a friend
E MajorE D MajorD
“He always stuck by me, through thick___ and through thin
A minorAm B minorBm C majorC
Oh, we both had our days, made love and made hate
B minorBm A augmentedA E MajorE
But I’d do it a-gain if I could”
Chorus:
F# minorF#m A augmentedA
And he knows___ it’s the day
D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm
And his life flashes by, there, ‘fore his eyes
F# minorF#m A augmentedA
Yes he knows___ it’s the day
D MajorD A augmentedA
And his friends have all come
B minorBm G+G
A-waiting the curtain to fall
D MajorD C majorC B minorBm E MajorE
Nothing can stop it at all, no, no, no