D (xx0232@1)               EmHe (022000@1)was a most peculiar man.
                                                       A7That's (x02020@1)what Missus Riordon said, and she should know;
               D (xx0232@1)            GShe (320003@1)lived upstairs from him.
                   A7 (x02020@1)          DShe (xx0232@1)said he was a most peculiar man.
          D (xx0232@1)               EmHe (022000@1)was a most peculiar man.
                                               A7He (x02020@1)lived all alone within a house, within a room, within himself.
                 DA (xx0232@1)most peculiar man.
            DHe (xx0232@1)had no friends, he seldom spoke,
    EmAnd (022000@1)no one in turn ever spoke to him,
                                              A7'Cause (x02020@1)he wasn't friendly and he didn't care,
                    DAnd (xx0232@1)he wasn't like them.
     G (320003@1)          A7 (x02020@1)          DOh, (xx0232@1)no! He was a most peculiar man.
              DHe (xx0232@1)died last Saturday,
     EmHe (022000@1)turned on the gas and he went to sleep,

With the windows closed so he'd never wake up

To his silent world and his tiny room,
                                               A7And (x02020@1)Missus Riordon says he has a brother somewhere
                        DWho (xx0232@1)should be notified soon.
     G (320003@1)             A7 (x02020@1)          D (xx0232@1)            BmAnd (x24432@1)all the people said, "What a shame that he's dead,
     G (320003@1)         A7 (x02020@1)          DBut (xx0232@1)wasn't he a most peculiar man?"