Chords for Tom Lehrer: We Will All Go Together When We Go (concert live) (1959)

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A fellow I used to know whose name was Henry, [B] only to give you an idea of what an individualist
he was, he spelled it H-E-N-3-R-Y.
The three was silent, you see.
[N]
Henry was financially
independent, having inherited his father's tar and feather business, and was therefore
able to devote his full time to such intellectual pursuits as writing.
I particularly remember
a heartwarming novel of his about a young necrophiliac who finally achieved his boyhood
ambition by becoming coroner.
The rest of you can look it up when you get home.
In addition
to writing, he indulged in a good deal of philosophizing.
Like so many contemporary
philosophers, he especially enjoyed giving helpful advice to people who were happier
than he was.
One particular bit of advice which I recall, which is leading up this whole
dreary story, is something he said once before they took him away to the Massachusetts State
Home for the Bewildered.
Life is like a sewer.
What you get [Em] out of it depends on [N] what you
put into it.
It's always seemed to me that this is precisely the sort of dynamic, positive
thinking that we so desperately need today in these trying times of crisis and universal
brouhaha.
And so with this in mind, I have here a modern, positive, dynamic, uplifting
song in the tradition of the great old revival hymns.
This one might more accurately be termed
a survival hymn.
It goes like, [A]
[C] [A#]
[C] [Fm] When you attend the funeral, [C] it is sad to think that [E] sooner
or later [Fm] those you love [C#] will do the [C] same for you.
And you may have thought it tragic [C] not
to mention other [Fm] adjectives to think of [G] all the weeping they [C] will do.
But don't you worry,
no more [G#] ashes, no more sackcloth, and [F#] an armband made of black cloth will someday never more
[F] adorn a sleeve.
For if the bomb that drops on you [A#] gets your friends and neighbors [G] too,
there'll [C] be nobody [E] left behind to grieve.
And [C#] we will [F] all go together when [A#] we go.
What a comforting
fact that [C] is to know.
[F] Universal bereavement, [A#] an inspiring achievement.
Yes, we all [E] will go
together when [F] we go.
[C#] We [F#] will all go together when [B] we go.
All suffused with an incandescent [C#] glow.
No one [F#] will have the endurance to [B] collect on his insurance.
Floyds [C#] of London will be loaded when
[F#] they go.
[D] For we [G] will all fry together when [F] we fry.
We'll be French fried potatoes by [D#] and by.
[E] There
will be no more misery when the [F] world is our rotisserie.
[B] Yes, we all will fry together when
we [E] fry.
Down by the [F#] old [B] maelstrom.
There'll be a storm [G#m] before [C#m] the con.
[C] [Gm] We [F] will all bake together
[A#] when we bake.
There'll be [Gm] nobody present [C] at the wake.
With [F] complete participation in [A#] that grand
incineration, [C] nearly three billion hunks of well [F]-done steak.
[C#] Oh, we [F#] will all char together when we [B] char.
And let
there be no moaning of [C#] the bar.
Just [F#] sing out a tedium when [B] you see that ICBM and [C#] the party will be calm [F#] as you [D] are.
[C] Oh, we will [G] burn together when we [F] burn.
There'll be no need to stand and wait your [D#] turn.
[E] When it's time for the fallout and
St.
[F] Peter calls us all out, we'll just [B] drop our agendas and [E] adjourn.
[E] [Am] You will all go directly to your respective
[D] Valhalla's.
[Gm] Go directly, do not pass, go do not [G] collect $200.
[C]
[Gm] And we will [F] all go together when we [A#] totten every Eskimo.
[C] When the air
[E]
becomes [F] Uranus, [Gm] we will all go [C]
simultaneous.
Yes, we all will go together [D] when we all go together.
Yes, [A#] we all will go
[C] together [F] when we go.
[D] [G] [C]
[D]
[G] [Gm] [C]
[C] [D]
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_ _ _ [A#] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[A#] _ _ _ _ [A#] _ _ _ _
A fellow I used to know whose name was Henry, [B] only to give you an idea of what an individualist
he was, he spelled it H-E-N-3-R-Y.
The three was silent, you see.
[N] _ _ _ _ _
Henry was financially
independent, having inherited his father's tar and feather business, and _ was therefore
able to devote his full time to such intellectual pursuits as writing.
I particularly remember
a heartwarming novel of his about a young necrophiliac who finally achieved his boyhood
ambition by becoming coroner. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ The rest of you can look it up when you get home. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ In addition
to writing, he indulged in a good deal of philosophizing.
Like so many contemporary
philosophers, he especially enjoyed giving helpful advice to people who were happier
than he was. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ One particular bit of advice which I recall, which is leading up this whole
dreary story, is something he said once before they took him away to the Massachusetts State
Home for the Bewildered. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Life is like a sewer. _ _ _
What you get [Em] out of it depends on [N] what you
put into it. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ It's always seemed to me that this is precisely the sort of dynamic, positive
thinking _ that we so desperately need today in these trying times of crisis and universal
brouhaha.
And so with this in mind, I have here a modern, positive, dynamic, uplifting
song in the tradition of the great old revival hymns.
This one might more accurately be termed
a survival hymn.
It goes like, [A] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A#] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [Fm] When you attend the funeral, [C] it is sad to think that [E] sooner
or later [Fm] those you love [C#] will do the [C] same for you. _ _
_ _ And you may have thought it tragic [C] not
to mention other [Fm] adjectives to think of [G] all the weeping they [C] will do.
But don't you worry,
no more [G#] ashes, no more sackcloth, and [F#] an armband made of black cloth will someday never more
[F] adorn a sleeve.
For if the bomb that drops on you [A#] gets your friends and neighbors [G] too,
_ there'll [C] be nobody [E] left behind to grieve.
And [C#] we will [F] all go together when [A#] we go.
_ What a comforting
fact that [C] is to know.
_ _ [F] Universal bereavement, [A#] an inspiring achievement.
Yes, we all [E] will go
together when [F] we go.
[C#] We [F#] will all go together when [B] we go.
All suffused with an incandescent [C#] glow. _
No one [F#] will have the endurance to [B] collect on his insurance.
Floyds [C#] of London will be loaded when
[F#] they go.
[D] _ For we [G] will all fry together when [F] we fry.
We'll be French fried potatoes by [D#] and by.
_ [E] There
will be no more misery when the [F] world is our rotisserie.
[B] Yes, we all will fry together when
we [E] fry.
_ Down by the _ _ [F#] old _ _ [B] maelstrom.
_ _ There'll be a storm [G#m] before [C#m] the con.
[C] _ _ [Gm] We [F] will all bake together
[A#] when we bake.
_ There'll be [Gm] nobody present [C] at the wake.
With [F] complete participation in [A#] that grand
incineration, [C] nearly three billion hunks of well [F]-done steak.
[C#] _ Oh, we [F#] will all char together when we [B] char. _
And let
there be no moaning of [C#] the bar.
_ Just [F#] sing out a tedium when [B] you see that ICBM and [C#] the party will be calm [F#] as you [D] are. _
_ [C] Oh, we will [G] burn together when we [F] burn.
There'll be no need to stand and wait your [D#] turn.
[E] When it's time for the fallout and
St.
[F] Peter calls us all out, we'll just [B] drop our agendas and [E] adjourn.
[E] _ _ [Am] You will all go directly to your respective
[D] _ _ Valhalla's.
[Gm] Go directly, do not pass, go do not [G] collect $200.
[C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] And we will [F] all go together when we [A#] _ _ _ _ totten every Eskimo.
[C] _ _ When the air
[E]
becomes [F] Uranus, [Gm] we will all go _ [C]
simultaneous.
Yes, we all will go together [D] when we all go together.
Yes, [A#] we all will go
[C] together [F] when we go.
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _ _
[C] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _

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