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Colin Hay – Goodbye my red rose
AI didn't love you till you'd goneC#  
DYou told me not to give my heart awayBm  E  
AYou were right and I was wrongC#  
DI should have known, I couldn't make you stayBm  E  A  G#  A  G#  F#  
I bless the day you were born
I curse the day you saw into me
You said my eyes were so forlorn
Now when I'm alone I let my tears run free
They flow so easy, easily
So gooAdbye my C#red DroseC#  A  
Your memorDy C#wonBm't fAade awaG#yB  A  
When Athe cuC#rtain DfalC#lsA  
We know you wonD't C#be BmbacAk for mG#oreB  A  
I wonder where you hang your clothes
But on this I never dwell too long
I asked around but no one knows
I should have known that would be your way
Not to, not to say
So goodbye my red rose
In the spring your scent will grow
There's no more curtain calls
And the man has put all the chairs away
So goodbye my red rose
There's no more, no more curtain calls

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Goodbye My Red Rose

by Colin Hay

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Colin Hay – Goodbye my red rose

A C#

I didn't love you till you'd gone

D Bm E

You told me not to give my heart away

A C#

You were right and I was wrong

D Bm E A G# A G# F#

I should have known, I couldn't make you stay

I bless the day you were born

I curse the day you saw into me

You said my eyes were so forlorn

Now when I'm alone I let my tears run free

They flow so easy, easily

A C# D C# A

So goodbye my red rose

D C# Bm A G# B A

Your memory won't fade away

A C# D C# A

When the curtain falls

D C# Bm A G# B A

We know you won't be back for more

I wonder where you hang your clothes

But on this I never dwell too long

I asked around but no one knows

I should have known that would be your way

Not to, not to say

So goodbye my red rose

In the spring your scent will grow

There's no more curtain calls

And the man has put all the chairs away

So goodbye my red rose

There's no more, no more curtain calls

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