Funeral Tango

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[Verse 1]
                   C
Ah, I can see them now
                    F
Clutching a handkerchief
     Fm           G
And blowing me a kiss
                   C  Em C
Discreetly asking how
                     C
How come he died so young
                F
Or was he very old
        Fm          G7
Is the body still warm
        G       E   E7 E
Is it already cold
                   Am
All doors are open wide
                   Em
They grope around inside
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My desk, my drawers, my trunk
        Fm              Em
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
             Em               C
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha - ha, ha, ha!


{Verse 2]
                  C
Ah, I can see them all
                 F
So formal and so stiff
Fm                 G
Like a sergeant-at-arms
                   C   Em C
At the policeman's ball
                C
And everybody's pushing
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                   F
To be the first in line
      Fm                G7
Their hearts upon their sleeves
G                     E  E7 E
Like a ten-cent valentine
                  Am
The old women are there
                  Em
Too old to give a damn
     C7                F
They brought along the kids
    Fm               Em
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
            Em               C
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
    G                    C       
Who can't wait till it's through
Em C

                 C
Oh, I see all of you
                               F
You've been laughing all these years
                          Fm
And now all that you have left
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Are a few crocodile tears
                   Am
Ah, you don't even know
                          Em
That you're entering your hell
       C7           F
As you leave my cemetery
        Fm                 Em
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
            Em               C
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
       G               C    Em C
In my field of little bones
                 C
Ah, I can see me now
                    F
I can see me at the end
        Fm              G7
Of this voyage that I'm on
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Without a love, without a friend
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                   Am
Now all this that I see
                Em
Is not what I deserve
     C7            F
They really have a nerve
   Fm                  Em
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
            Em               C   
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha - ha, ha, ha!
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