We Will All Go Together When We Go

(note: Lehrer continually shifts key on this song. This is a greatly simplified version of the melody. See leadsheet below for Lehrer's own version.)

(intro) When you attend a funeral, it is sad to think that sooner o' later
Those you love will do the same for you.
And you may have thought it tragic, not to mention other adjectives
To think of all the weeping they will do. (But don't worry...)
No more ashes, no more sackcloth & an armband made of black cloth
Will some day never more adorn a sleeve:
For if the bomb that drops on you gets your friends & neighbors too,
There'll be nobody left behind to grieve.

Dm A7 / DmBb7 A7 / Dm A7 / DmE7 A7 / Dm Eb / A7 D / DD7 GE7 / A7 D

And we will all go together when we go.
What a comforting fact that is to know.
Universal bereavement, an inspiring achievement.
Yes, we all will go together when we go.

D G / GEm A7 / DD7 GEm / A7 D

We will all go together when we go.
All suffused with an incandescent glow.
No one will have the endurance to collect on his insurance,
Lloyd's of London will be loaded when they go.

Oh, we will all fry together when we fry.
We'll be french fried potatoes by and by.
There will be no more misery when the world is our rotizerie,
Yes, we all will fry together when we fry.

Down by the old maelstrom,
There'll be a storm before the calm.

DE7 A7 / A7F#7 Bm 

And we will all bake together when we bake.
There'll be nobody present at the wake.
With complete participation in that grand incineration,
Nearly three billion hunks of well-done steak.

Oh, we will all char together when we char.
And let there be no moaning of the bar.
Just sing out a Te Deum when you see that I.C.B.M.,
And the party will be "come as you are".

Oh, we will all burn together when we burn.
There'll be no need to stand and wait your turn.
When it's time for the fallout & Saint Peter calls us all out,
We'll just drop our agendas and adjourn.

You will all go directly to your respective Valhallas.
Go directly, do not pass Go, do not collect 200 dolla's.

F#m B7 / Em A7

And we will all go together when we go.
Ev'ry Hottenhot & ev'ry Eskimo.
When the air becomes uranious, we will all go simultaneous.
Yes, we all will go together
(tag) When we all go together,
Yes. we all will go together when we go!

D G / GEm A7 / DD7 GEm / A7 B7 / EmA7 D

-lyrics & music by Tom Lehrer