Funeral Tango
(Brel)

	
	Intro: C F Em Dm G
	
	                   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         G/F(=G7)
	Is the body still warm
	
	      G       E   E7/G# E
	Is it already cold
	
	                   Am
	All doors are open wide
	
	                   Em
	They grope around inside
	
	   C7                   F
	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!
	
	
	
	
	                   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
	
	                   F
	To be the first in line
	
	      Fm                G/F    
	Their hearts upon their sleeves
	
	G                    E   E7/G# 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
	
	
	
	
	                 C
	Oh, I see all of you
	
	                F
	All of my phony friends
	
	                       Fm
	Who can't wait till it ends
	
	    G                    C       Em C
	Who can't wait till it's through
	
	                 C
	Oh, I see all of you
	
	                               F
	You've been laughing all these years
	
	                          Fm                
	And now all that you have left
	
	      G             E    E7/G# E
	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
	
	
	
	
	                 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              G/F
	Of this voyage that I'm on
	
	          G               E     E7/G# E
	Without a love, without a friend
	
	                    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   C#(b5) C
	Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha - ha, ha, ha!
	
	
	End