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Goodbye to Old Missoula by Willis Alan Ramsey
(capo up 2 frets to match CD and LP. Remember what an LP is? Cool.)
ASearchin' for the sunA7light
Bm7On this winter's dAay
But hAere in C#mOld MisF#msoulaA  
They've thrBm7own the sun awaEy
ACome tomorrow moA7rning
I'm hBm7eaded for the Bozeman RoAund
And it's goAodbye to C#mOld MF#missoula, slEeepy tAownC  Bm  A  
AI met a girl named RA7osie
Bm7Sweet as she could Abe
ABut I gC#muess that RF#mosieA  
Bm7She didn't have eyes for Eme
ATime waits for no oneA7  
Bm7Lord, why did I hesitAate?
And it's gAoodbye to C#mOld MF#missoula, a Eday too lAateC  Bm  A  
[Refrain]
EClouds hang on the moAuntain
EThey make me lonesome insAide
C#mAnd these four walls surrF#mound me
Bm7Leaving no place to hEide
Harmonica (last 3 lines of a verse)
AGoodbye Rosie you'll never kA7now
Bm7Time tells my love will pAass
But if I just reC#mmember your F#msmilin' fAace
Bm7That's all of time that I aEsk
AShow in this town is oA7ver
Bm7Maybe just never begAan
And it's goAodbye to C#mOld MF#missoula, dEone all that I cAanC  Bm  A  
And it's goAodbye to C#mOld MF#missoula, gooAdbye to OC#mld MisF#msoula
AGoodbye to C#mOld MF#missoula, sEleepy tAownC  Bm  A  

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Goodbye Old Missoula

by Willis Alan Ramsey

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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Bm7

C#m

F#m

Goodbye to Old Missoula by Willis Alan Ramsey

(capo up 2 frets to match CD and LP. Remember what an LP is? Cool.)

A A7

Searchin' for the sunlight

Bm7 A

On this winter's day

A C#m F#m A

But here in Old Missoula

Bm7 E

They've thrown the sun away

A A7

Come tomorrow morning

Bm7 A

I'm headed for the Bozeman Round

A C#m F#m E A C Bm A

And it's goodbye to Old Missoula, sleepy town

A A7

I met a girl named Rosie

Bm7 A

Sweet as she could be

A C#m F#m A

But I guess that Rosie

Bm7 E

She didn't have eyes for me

A A7

Time waits for no one

Bm7 A

Lord, why did I hesitate?

A C#m F#m E A C Bm A

And it's goodbye to Old Missoula, a day too late

[Refrain]

E A

Clouds hang on the mountain

E A

They make me lonesome inside

C#m F#m

And these four walls surround me

Bm7 E

Leaving no place to hide

Harmonica (last 3 lines of a verse)

A A7

Goodbye Rosie you'll never know

Bm7 A

Time tells my love will pass

C#m F#m A

But if I just remember your smilin' face

Bm7 E

That's all of time that I ask

A A7

Show in this town is over

Bm7 A

Maybe just never began

A C#m F#m E A C Bm A

And it's goodbye to Old Missoula, done all that I can

A C#m F#m A C#m F#m

And it's goodbye to Old Missoula, goodbye to Old Missoula

A C#m F#m E A C Bm A

Goodbye to Old Missoula, sleepy town

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