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Key of Bb (as recorded. Play as if in G with capo on the 3rd Fret.
Jesse plays the song in 'A' on his YouTube recordings, using no capo. But this way you can 
Intro:  Am7-  Bm7-  C- D  
Verse 1
GJust out in the harbour, Emall the ships asleep
AmMaybe one cold watchman, Cwalks a lonely Dbeat
And Gway out on the water, a Emship is under sail
AmLeaving wavy starlight, and a Cdreamer in her Dtrail
Chorus
I Gwave bye Embye, I Ampray, God Dspeed
Oh I Gwish, lovely Emweather, more Amluck than you Dneed
You'll Gonly Bm7sail in Am7circles, Cso there's no need to Am7cryD  
No, GI'll see Bm7you, Gagain one Em7day, Am7and then I Dwave bye Gbye
Verse 2
The Gsailing ship reminds me, Emof a certain girl
Who Amleft a certain dreamer, to Csail into the Dworld
I've Gvery friendly post-cards, from Emvery far away
AmBut they just remind me, Cof a certain Dday
Chorus
I Gwave, bye Embye, I Ampray, God Dspeed
I Gwish, lovely Emweather, with more Amluck, than you Dneed
You'll Gonly Bm7sail in Am7circles, Cso there's no need to Am7cryD  
No GI'll, see Bm7you, Gagain one Em7day, Am7then I Dwaved bye Gbye
GBye bye
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Chords by Con Maloney. I've recorded this version on YouTube if that helps.

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I Wave Bye Bye

by Jesse Winchester

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Am7

Bm7

Em7

Key of Bb (as recorded. Play as if in G with capo on the 3rd Fret.

Jesse plays the song in 'A' on his YouTube recordings, using no capo. But this way you can

Am7 Bm7 C D

Intro: - - -

Verse 1

G Em

Just out in the harbour, all the ships asleep

Am C D

Maybe one cold watchman, walks a lonely beat

G Em

And way out on the water, a ship is under sail

Am C D

Leaving wavy starlight, and a dreamer in her trail

Chorus

G Em Am D

I wave bye bye, I pray, God speed

G Em Am D

Oh I wish, lovely weather, more luck than you need

G Bm7 Am7 C Am7 D

You'll only sail in circles, so there's no need to cry

G Bm7 G Em7 Am7 D G

No, I'll see you, again one day, and then I wave bye bye

Verse 2

G Em

The sailing ship reminds me, of a certain girl

Am C D

Who left a certain dreamer, to sail into the world

G Em

I've very friendly post-cards, from very far away

Am C D

But they just remind me, of a certain day

Chorus

G Em Am D

I wave, bye bye, I pray, God speed

G Em Am D

I wish, lovely weather, with more luck, than you need

G Bm7 Am7 C Am7 D

You'll only sail in circles, so there's no need to cry

G Bm7 G Em7 Am7 D G

No I'll, see you, again one day, then I waved bye bye

Bye bye

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Chords by Con Maloney. I've recorded this version on YouTube if that helps.

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