Goodbye

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Goodbye – Paul McCartney
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Written by: Lennon/McCartney
(probably written by McCartney alone)
Demo for Mary Hopkin (1969)
Now a bonus track on: The Beatles: "Abbey Road - 50th Anniversary
(Super Deluxe Edition)" (2019)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
The guitar in McCartney's recording is a little flat; in order to play along
you'll have to tune down the guitar just a little bit.
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[Intro]
G
[C
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|3---------------|
B|108\6-5-3\1-0---|1---------------|
G|109\7-5-4\2-0---|0---------------|
D|----------------|2---------------|
A|----------------|3---------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
[picking] [strummed]
[Turnaround] (chorus ==> verse)
[G/A
[G [G/B
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------3-3-3-|
B|----------0-0-0-|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|------------0-2-|
E|----------3-----|
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
C x-3-2-0-1-3
Em/B x-2-x-0-0-0
Am/G 3-x-2-2-1-0
C/G 3-x-2-0-1-3
G7/D x-x-0-0-0-1
G7 3-x-0-0-0-1
G7/B x-2-0-0-0-1
G7/F x-x-3-0-0-1
C/B x-2-x-0-1-3
Am7 x-0-2-0-1-3
Fm6 x-x-3-1-3-1
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[Intro]
G C
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[Verse 1]
C Em/B Em
Please don't wake me up too late
Am Am/GF Dm G C/GG
| |
Tomorrow comes and I will not be late
C Em/B Em
Late today when it becomes
Am Am/G F G C G7/D
Tomorrow I ... will leave and go away
[Chorus]
G7 G7/B G7/F G7/D
Goodbye, Good-bye
G7 G7/B G7/F G7/D
Goodbye, Good-bye
G7 G7/B G7/F G7/D
Goodbye, Good-bye
G7/F G7/D G7/F G7/D G G/A G/B
My love, goodbye (= turnaround)
[Verse 2]
C Em/B Em
Songs that linger on my lips
Am Am/GF Dm G C/GG
| |
Excite me now and linger on my mind
C Em/B Em
Leave your flowers at my door;
Am Am/G F G C G7/D
I leave them for the one who waits behind
[Chorus]
G7 G7/B G7/F G7/D
Goodbye, Good-bye
G7 G7/B G7/F G7/D
Goodbye, Good-bye
G7 G7/B G7/F G7/D
Goodbye, Good-bye
G7/F G7/D G7/F G7/D G G/A G/B
My love, goodbye (= turnaround)
[Instrumental] (scat vocal)
C Em/BEm Am Am/GFDm G C/GG
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2/4
C Em/BEm Am Am/GFGCG7/D
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2/4
[Chorus]
G7 G7/B G7/F G7/D
Goodbye, Good-bye
G7 G7/B G7/F G7/D
Goodbye, Good-bye
G7 G7/B G7/F G7/D
Goodbye, Good-bye
G7/F G7/D G7/F G7/D G G/A G/B
My love, goodbye (= turnaround)
[Verse]
C Em/B Em
Far away my lover sings
Am Am/GF Dm G C/GG
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A lonely song and calls me to his side
C Em/B Em
Where the sound of lonely drums
Am Am/G F G C G7/D
Invites me on I must be by his side
[Chorus 3]
G7 G7/B G7/F G7/D
Goodbye, Good-bye
G7 G7/B G7/F G7/D
Goodbye, Good-bye
G7 G7/B G7/F G7/D
Goodbye, Good-bye
G7/F G7/D G7/F G7/D G G/A G/B
My love, goodbye (= turnaround)
[Coda]
C C/B Am7 C/G
Gooooo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oodbye-a-ha-hi-hi
F Fm6 C
Ah, ha, ha, hi ... bye-bye

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          Goodbye – Paul McCartney
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Written by: Lennon/McCartney
(probably written by McCartney alone)
Demo for Mary Hopkin (1969)
Now a bonus track on: The Beatles: "Abbey Road - 50th Anniversary 
                                    (Super Deluxe Edition)" (2019)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
The guitar in McCartney's recording is a little flat; in order to play along 
you'll have to tune down the guitar just a little bit. 
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[Intro]
| G | C |
[Verse 1]
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
[Chorus]
[Instrumental] (scat vocal)
[Chorus]
[Verse]
[Chorus 3]

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