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[Verse]
Fm(7)Goodnight was just a little word you lC(7)earned.
Somewhere somebody that you C(7b9)burned
Was all too happy with Fm7a lie
Fm(7)But love, you know you never got it C(7)right
I don't know why you say goodnighC(7b9)t
You only mean to say goFm7odbye
[Bridge]
Gm7b5And I know you quick to show your lover to the Fm(7)door
And you ain't never been in love C(7b9)before
You're only bound to get it Fm7wrong
Gm7b5And I know you're just a victim of your circFm(7)umstance
I never know in any real C(7b9)romance
And so we ought to say so Fm7long,
[Chorus]
Fm7Goodbye, C(7)so long  GFm7oodbye
[Verse]
Fm(7)I know you're only trying to ease my C(7)mind
But I'm a lay it on the line, thC(7b9)is time
You only need to say Fm7goodbye
Fm(7)Oh, love, you know you never got it C(7)right
I don't know why you say goodnigC(7b9)ht
You only mean to say gFm7oodbye [x4]

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Goodbye

by Melody Gardot

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Fm(7)

C(7)

C(7b9)

Fm7

Gm7b5

[Verse]

Fm(7) C(7)

Goodnight was just a little word you learned.

C(7b9)

Somewhere somebody that you burned

Fm7

Was all too happy with a lie

Fm(7) C(7)

But love, you know you never got it right

C(7b9)

I don't know why you say goodnight

Fm7

You only mean to say goodbye

[Bridge]

Gm7b5 Fm(7)

And I know you quick to show your lover to the door

C(7b9)

And you ain't never been in love before

Fm7

You're only bound to get it wrong

Gm7b5 Fm(7)

And I know you're just a victim of your circumstance

C(7b9)

I never know in any real romance

Fm7

And so we ought to say so long,

[Chorus]

Fm7 C(7) Fm7

Goodbye, so long Goodbye

[Verse]

Fm(7) C(7)

I know you're only trying to ease my mind

C(7b9)

But I'm a lay it on the line, this time

Fm7

You only need to say goodbye

Fm(7) C(7)

Oh, love, you know you never got it right

C(7b9)

I don't know why you say goodnight

Fm7

You only mean to say goodbye [x4]

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