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Goodbye Phoebe

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[Intro]
C   F  C   F  C
[Verse]
You like to Emthink that you're AmbadDm7  
Because it Flets you off the ChookF  C  
Your prEmide's in AmragsDm7  
But you Fdo it by the GbookC  
But because Emof and in Amspite of all
The Fhapless things you dCo
I Fsee the good in Cyou
I Gsee the good in CyouDm7  C  Dm7  C  
[Verse]
What you caEmn't conAmtrolDm7  
You Fsay you have to CcurseF  C  
You're on aEmnother plaAmnetDm7  
In aFnother uniGverseC  
Now it's Emcrystal cleAmar
You Fdon't want anybody Cto
I Fsee the good in Cyou
I Gsee the good in Cyou
[Bridge]
Because as Fgold lets you Gfall apaCrt
And you Fwon't beGtray your Amart
But in the Dm7darkness
You are GinnocentC  
[Verse]
Last night EmI dreamt aAmbout youDm7  
In the Fback of a black MariCahF  C  
You were Emscreaming for jusAmticeDm7  
And calling Feveryone a GliarC  
On your Emcrown of Amthorns
FWild roses Cgrew
I Fsee the good in Cyou
I Gsee the good in Cyou
Oh, FI see the good in Cyou
I Gsee the good in CyouDm7  C  Dm7  C  Dm7  C  

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Goodbye Phoebe

by Karen Matheson

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Dm7

[Intro]

C F C F C

[Verse]

Em Am Dm7

You like to think that you're bad

F C F C

Because it lets you off the hook

Em Am Dm7

Your pride's in rags

F G C

But you do it by the book

Em Am

But because of and in spite of all

F C

The hapless things you do

F C

I see the good in you

G C Dm7 C Dm7 C

I see the good in you

[Verse]

Em Am Dm7

What you can't control

F C F C

You say you have to curse

Em Am Dm7

You're on another planet

F G C

In another universe

Em Am

Now it's crystal clear

F C

You don't want anybody to

F C

I see the good in you

G C

I see the good in you

[Bridge]

F G C

Because as gold lets you fall apart

F G Am

And you won't betray your art

Dm7

But in the darkness

G C

You are innocent

[Verse]

Em Am Dm7

Last night I dreamt about you

F C F C

In the back of a black Mariah

Em Am Dm7

You were screaming for justice

F G C

And calling everyone a liar

Em Am

On your crown of thorns

F C

Wild roses grew

F C

I see the good in you

G C

I see the good in you

F C

Oh, I see the good in you

G C Dm7 C Dm7 C Dm7 C

I see the good in you

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