E A F#m
E Bm
[Verse 1]
E Bm
He was a dreamer from the day___ he was born
E D
Now he’s an old man, and his body___ is worn
Am Bm C
In his eyes burns a flame: all that remains
Bm A E D A E F#m D E
Of the man that they all used to know
[Verse 2]
E Bm
Home for the first time, in many’s___ the day
E D
His sons and his daughters, reu-nited___ again
Am Bm C
Birth or death, we-dding bells, not when you’re well
Bm A E
They have come for the passing a-way
[Chorus]
F#m A
And he knows___ it’s the day
D A Bm
And his life flashes by, there, ‘fore his eyes
F#m A
Yes he knows___ it’s the day
D A
And his friends have all come
Bm G
A-waiting the curtain to fall
D C Bm E
Nothing can stop it at all, no, no, no
[Verse 3]
E Bm
“He was a good man,” said his wife___ to a friend
E D
“He always stuck by me, through thick___ and through thin
Am Bm C
Oh, we both had our days, made love and made hate
Bm A E
But I’d do it a-gain if I could”
[Chorus]
F#m A
And he knows___ it’s the day
D A Bm
And his life flashes by, there, ‘fore his eyes
F#m A
Yes he knows___ it’s the day
D A
And his friends have all come
Bm G
A-waiting the curtain to fall
D C Bm E
Nothing can stop it at all, no, no, no
