Tono: A
Introducción: Am Em F C Dm C G G#
A C# D A
I've never known a better writer or a better guy
F#m E D A
His songs wouldn't just touch you, they'd punch you in the eye
D A C# F#m
It doesn't happen a lot, but everybody says the same that he wasn't supposed to die
Bm D
So let's clink our beers
Dm
And give three cheers
A
To Tony Sly
verse 2
A C#
I never heard a bad word about him
D A
I never heard a bad melody
F#m E D A
His dying isn't tragic: it?s a fucking catastrophe
D E
I've lost my parents, and so many friends
C# F#m
I take it "c'est la vie"
Bm D Dm A
It's nothing like losing my friend Tony
verse 3
A C# D A
Sometimes on weekends when our kids'd hang out together
F#m E D A
Keira tells Darla that her dad's songs are better
D
And I think she's sad
E C#
cause tomorrow she hopes her dad
F#m
is coming home
Bm D Dm
Cuz he told her that three years ago on the phone
Bridge 1
F#m F#m/F
Tony, you make me see myself
F#m/E Bm
In a way I don't wanna see
F#m F#m/F F#m/E Bm
Do I have to stop living so recklessly?
D
So I can be the father, I know I can be
Bridge 2
F#m BmE A G#(x2)
verse 4
A C#
All the endless nights we had
D A
20 years of laughs
F#m E D A
I've looked, but I can't find any photographs
D E
Of us because it's weird to take
C# F#m
Photos with your best friends
Bm D
Cause you don't think
Dm A
That you never see them again
Verse 5
A C#
I'm sorry that I wasn't there for you
D A
When you needed me in the end
F#m E
I was there to give you eulogy
D A
But not when you needed a friend
D E C# F#m
And when they lowered your body into the ground even the piper began to cry
Bm
From coast to coast
D Dm
Let's raise our drinks and give a toast
A
To Tony Sly