Intro
[E]
Verse 1
[E] [Emaj7]
I remember this afternoon
[G#m]
When my sister came into the room
[Bm]
She refused to say how my father was
[C#] [C#7]
But I knew he'd be dying soon
[F#m] [Am] [Am6]
And I was oh so glad, and it was oh so sad
[E] [Emaj7] [D#]
That I realized that I despised this man I once called Father
[G#m] [Bm] [C#7]
In his hanging on, with fingers clutching
[F#m]
His body now just eighty-eight pounds
[Am] [Am6]
Blinded eyes still searching
[E] [Emaj7] [G#m] [C#7]
For some distant dream, that had faded away at the seams
[F#m] [B] [E]
Dying alone, naturally
Verse 2
[E] [Emaj7]
I was his favorite child
[G#m]
I had him a little while
[Bm] [C#] [C#7]
Just as long as I could play the piano and smile a little smile
[F#m]
And Just when I needed him most
[Am] [Am6]
He was already a ghost
[E] [Emaj7]
And for all my life there were promises
[D#] [D#7]
And they always have been broken
[G#m] [Bm] [C#7]
Leaving me alone with all my troubles
[F#m]
Not ever once touching me and saying
[Am] [Am6]
"Daughter, I'll help you get over"
[E] [Emaj7]
Now he's fading away
[G#m] [C#7]
And I'm glad to say
[F#m] [B] [E]
He's dying at last, naturally
Verse 3
[E] [Emaj7] [G#m]
It's a very sad thing to see that my mother with all her heart
[Bm] [C#] [C#7]
Believed the words that the Bible said "Til death do us two part"
[F#m]
For her that was forever and ay
[Am] [Am6]
He deceived her night and day
[E] [Emaj7]
How could some English words so small
[D#] [D#7]
Affect someone so strangely?
[G#m] [Bm] [C#7]
Taking her away from us, her soul included
[F#m] [Am] [Am6]
She might as well be gone with him, all the children are excluded
[E] [Emaj7] [G#m] [C#7]
Loneliness is hell, I know so well
[F#m] [B] [E]
For I'm alone, naturally
Bridge
[C#]
I waited for three weeks for him to die
[C#m]
I waited for three weeks for him to die
[C#5]
Every night he was calling on me
[C#m] [C#5]
I wouldn't go to him
[B]
I waited for three weeks for him to die
[B] [B7]
Three weeks for him to die
Verse 4
N.C. N.C.
And after he died, after he died
[E] [Emaj7]
Every night I went out
[G#m]
Every night I had a fight
[Bm]
It didn't matter who it was with
[C#] [C#7]
'Cause I knew what it was about
[F#m]
And if you could read between lines
[Am] [Am6]
My Dad and I close as flies
[E] [Emaj7]
I loved him then, and I loved him still
[D#] [D#7]
That's why my heart's so broken
[G#m] [Bm] [C#7]
Leaving me to doubt God in His mercy
[F#m] [Am] [Am6]
And if He really does exist, then why did he desert me?
[E] [Emaj7]
When he passed away
[G#m] [C#7]
I smoked and drank all day
[F#m] [B] [E]
Alone again, naturally
Outro
[E] [B] [B7] [E]
