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Intro:   D    Bm    G  A  
DDarlin', I was Bmhoping that we could pretend
And make bGelieve thaF#mt we cEmould AstA7ill live happily and start again
Seems lDike you and I, Bmwe've been caught up in your world of lies
I kGept belieF#mving you coEmuld AstA7art a new and be a friend
Well I've gF#mot something I wanted to tell you and it's the last thing I wanted to say
But I think I must go there anyway...
Chorus
        D(E) G(A)          A(B)      D(E)
Goodbye how do you say goodbye?
G(A)	   F#m(G#m)	   Bm(C#m)
Do I just look you in the eye, shake your hand, wish you well
        Em(F#m) A(B)			          D(E)  Bm(C#m)  G(A)  A(  B  E)
After all this time... I never wanted for goodbye
DDon't let go BmI was devoted to your heart and soul
And then wGe took a turn F#mand I hEmad tAo lA7earn what I tried not to know
Seems lDike yesterday I Bmgive the world just to hear you say
A sGimple whiF#msper of a word or two, like "I love you"
Breaks Emmy hearAt tA7o see it end this way
Repeat Chorus
Goodbye cF#man it Emever be the same?
Goodbye dF#mid we lEmose more than we gained?
ThFere's nowhere to hide, baby I feel it inside
As my heart cries out your name, goodbye...

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Goodbye

by Debbie Gibson

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

D Bm G A

Intro:

D Bm

Darlin', I was hoping that we could pretend

G F#m Em A A7

And make believe that we could still live happily and start again

D Bm

Seems like you and I, we've been caught up in your world of lies

G F#m Em A A7

I kept believing you could start a new and be a friend

F#m

Well I've got something I wanted to tell you and it's the last thing I wanted to say

But I think I must go there anyway...

Chorus

D E G A D

() () A(B) (E)

Goodbye how do you say goodbye?

G F#m Bm

(A) (G#m) (C#m)

Do I just look you in the eye, shake your hand, wish you well

Em A B D E Bm G A A B E

(F#m) () () (C#m) () ( )

After all this time... I never wanted for goodbye

D Bm

Don't let go I was devoted to your heart and soul

G F#m Em A A7

And then we took a turn and I had to learn what I tried not to know

D Bm

Seems like yesterday I give the world just to hear you say

G F#m

A simple whisper of a word or two, like "I love you"

Em A A7

Breaks my heart to see it end this way

Repeat Chorus

F#m Em

Goodbye can it ever be the same?

F#m Em

Goodbye did we lose more than we gained?

There's nowhere to hide, baby I feel it inside

As my heart cries out your name, goodbye...

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