(Intro) EGAB7 E G#m7 F#m B Remember when we got the news E C#7 F#m B Confirming our worst fears E Fdim A Am I said he wouldn't make it six months E B E B And others gave him a year G#m7 F#m B And sure enough last Saturday E C#7 F#m B We paid our last respects E Fdim A Am He left us here still in this life E B E G#m And he's gone on to the next A Am G# I'd never seen him wear a tie C#m F# G# But he looked so natural, almost lifelike A Am G# The preacher spoke, his mother cried C#m F# B When he said 'Son, you may now kiss the bride' E G#m7 F#m B Everyone cheered, I thought how odd E C#7 F#B I didn't understand (Chorus) E Fdim A Am Why with champagne and cake we celebrate E B E The death of a single man G#m7 F#m B So many flowers, he was so loved E C#7 F#m B Prior to the bride E Fdim A Am As a matter of fact ,the maid of honor E B E should be disqualified A Am G# To all his friends, it's a wake-up call C#m If it happened to him F# G# It can happen to us all A Am G# Nothing says it's over man C#m F# B Like a bad 80's cover band (Chorus) E Fdim A Am How can we dance to My Sharona E E At the death of a single man E G#m7 F#m B He was so young, so full of dreams E C#7 B#m Before the day he fell E Fdim A Am Now he's gone on to a better place E B E Or possibly to hell A Am G# Now here we are, seems so unfair F# G# It's poker night and there's one empty chair A Am G# So many things we're gonna miss C#m F# B His happy smile and that great laugh of his E G#m7 F#m B I think of him in the afterwife, life E C#7 F#m B I guess all good things must end (Chorus) E Fdim A Am So with Jack and Coke, we'll make a toast E B E To the death of a single man