Tom: Em
Em Cmaj7 Em Cmaj7
[Verse]
Em Cmaj7
Okay—
C B
When the doctor started using phrases like
Em Cmaj7
"You'll pass away"
C
What could I say?
F
I said, Doctor
F
In plain English
Em Cmaj7
Tell me why was I chosen
B
Why me of all men?
F
Doctor, here's the good part
Em
At least death means
Cmaj7 C B
I'll never be scared about dying again
Em Cmaj7
Em Cmaj7 B
Let's get on with living while we can
Em Cmaj7
And not play dumb
C
Death's gonna come
[Chorus]
Em C
When it does, screw the nerves
Am G
I'll be eating hors d'oeuvres
C G B
It's the roll of the dice and no crime
Em Cmaj7
You gotta die sometime
Em Cmaj7
[Bridge]
Cmaj7 G
Death is not a friend
B Em
But I hope in the end
D G
He takes me in his arms and lets me hold his face
D
He holds me in his arms and whispers something funny
Am C
He lifts me in his arms and tells me to embrace
B
His attack
Em
Then the scene turns to black
[Verse]
Em Cmaj7
Life sucks
C B
People always hate a loser
Em Cmaj7
And they hate lame ducks
C B
Screw me and shucks
F
That's it
That's the ball game
Em
I don't smoke, don't do drugs
B
And then comes the bad news
F
I quit
That's the ball game
C
It's the chink in the armor
B
The shit in the karma
Em Cmaj7
The blues
C B
Can I keep my cool despite the urge
Em Cmaj7
To fall apart?
C B
How should I start?
[Chorus]
Em C
I would cry if I could
Am G
But it does no damn good
C G B
To explain I'm a man in my prime
Em Cmaj7
You gotta die sometime
Em Cmaj7
[Bridge]
Cmaj7
Death's a funny pal
G B
With a weird sort of talent
D G
He puts his arms around my neck and walks me to the bed
D
He pins me up against the wall and kisses me like crazy
Am
The many stupid things I thought about with dread
B
Now delight
Em
Then the scene turns to white
[Verse]
C B Em Cmaj7
Give me the balls to orchestrate a graceful leave
C B
That's my reprieve
[Chorus]
Em
To go out
C
Without care
Am G
My head high in the air
C G B
It's the last little mountain I'll climb
I'll climb
G
You gotta die sometime
Em
You gotta die sometime
You gotta die sometime
G
You gotta die sometime, sometime
Sometime, sometime
Em
Sometime, sometime
