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Goodbye Again


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B|----3----|----1----|----1----|----0----|----0----|
G|----4----|----2----|----0----|----0----|----0----|
D|----X----|----X----|----X----|----2----|----0----|
A|----X----|----X----|----X----|----X----|----X----|
E|----X----|----X----|----0----|----X----|----X----|


     G        D/F#       Em              C             G
It's five o'clock this morning and the sun is on the rise.
        G         D/F#    Em             Am7             D7
There's frosting on the window pane, and sorrow in your eyes.
    G          D/F#    Em          C                G
The stars are fading quietly, the night is nearly gone.
    G       D/F#  Em               Am7           D7
And so you turn away from me, and tears begin to come.


         Am7    D7      G      D/F#  Em
It's goodbye again, I'm sorry to be leaving you.
Am7        D7  G             D/F#       Em
Goodbye again, 'cause if you didn't know,
       Am7      D7      G       D/F#      Em
It's goodbye again, and I wish you could tell me,
  Am7                                  D7 - D7sus4 - D7
Why do we always fight when I have to go?

It seems a shame to leave you now, you lay so soft and warm. I long to lay me down again and hold you in my arms. I long to kiss the tears away, and give you back your smile. But other voices beckon me, and for a little while, It's goodbye again, I'm sorry to be leaving you. Goodbye again, 'cause if you didn't know, It's goodbye again, and I wish you could tell me, Why do we always fight when I have to go?


           Bm               C                  G         D/F#       Em
I have to go and see some friends of mine, and some that I don't know,
    Am7                D7             G6/B - Am* - Am7/G - Em* - Em7/D - C
And some who aren't familiar with my name.
     Bm                  C                     G     D/F#    Em
It's something that's inside of me, it's not hard to understand;
          Am7                        D7 - D7sus4 - D7
It's just anyone who'll listen to me sing.

And if your hours are empty now, who am I to blame? Do you think if I were always here, our love would be the same? When as it is, the time we have, is worth the time alone, And lying by your side, the greatest peace I've ever known. And it's goodbye again, I'm sorry to be leaving you. Goodbye again, 'cause if you didn't know, It's goodbye again, and I wish you could tell me, Why do we always fight when I have to go?

(Words and music by John Denver, 1971)