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                             "Hello and Goodbye"
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Lyrics by Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman
Music  by Elmer Bernstein
Sung   by Jill Ireland
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soundtrack from the movie "From Noon Till Three" (1976)
starring Charles Bronson and Jill Ireland
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(slow waltz)
(!!! german notation:  B= Bb,  A= Am,  D= Dm)
FSome have a Blifetime, Fsome just a Bday
Flove isn't sAomething you Bmeasure that Cway
nothing's Fever forBever, forFever's a Clie
all we Fhave is betBween helClo and goodFbye
Chorus:
It's not how Blong the Fspring, it's not how Cwide the Fsky
it's just how Bsweet the Ftime between helClo and goodFbye
FThe music has Bended I Fstill hear the Bsong
our Fmoment was Abrief, but our Bkisses were Clong
Though the Floving is Bover the Flove of your Cstays
and the Fmemory will Bwarm me the Crest of my Fdays
Chorus:
It's not how Blong the Fspring, it's not how Cwide the Fsky
it's just how Bsweet the Ftime between helClo and goodFbye
FWe never shared sepCtember or Dwatch the colors of Afall
but Bin that wink of time we had we knew we had it Fall
Chorus:
It's not how Blong the Fspring, it's not how Cwide the Fsky
it's just how Bsweet the Ftime between helClo and goodFbye

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Hello And Goodbye

by Elmer Bernstein

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"Hello and Goodbye"

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Lyrics by Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman

Music by Elmer Bernstein

Sung by Jill Ireland

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soundtrack from the movie "From Noon Till Three" (1976)

starring Charles Bronson and Jill Ireland

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(slow waltz)

B Bb A Am D Dm

(!!! german notation: = , = , = )

F B F B

Some have a lifetime, some just a day

F A B C

love isn't something you measure that way

F B F C

nothing's ever forever, forever's a lie

F B C F

all we have is between hello and goodbye

Chorus:

B F C F

It's not how long the spring, it's not how wide the sky

B F C F

it's just how sweet the time between hello and goodbye

F B F B

The music has ended I still hear the song

F A B C

our moment was brief, but our kisses were long

F B F C

Though the loving is over the love of your stays

F B C F

and the memory will warm me the rest of my days

Chorus:

B F C F

It's not how long the spring, it's not how wide the sky

B F C F

it's just how sweet the time between hello and goodbye

F C D A

We never shared september or watch the colors of fall

B F

but in that wink of time we had we knew we had it all

Chorus:

B F C F

It's not how long the spring, it's not how wide the sky

B F C F

it's just how sweet the time between hello and goodbye

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