Intro
C# C# A#m F# F#m X2
Verse 1:
C#
Goodbye, my love
C# A#m
The country is in need of me
F#
And I heard there were signs for war
F#m C#
So I'm goin' overseas
Verse 2:
C# C#
So don't cry, my love
A#m
The skies above will cry for you
F#
And I'll be safe so hold belief
F#m C#
I'll come back home for you
Chorus:
C#
Yeah
Yeah
D#m G#
So please tell me it's not true
A#m
After all the love I've given
Fm
You've found someone new
D#m G#
And oh, of all the things I've seen
A#m
This has got to be, got to be
Fm
The greatest tragedy
D#m G#
Oh you, you let it all slip away
A#m
But soon you'll find
F# F#m
Soon you'll find yeah
C#
What you can't replace
Bridge 2:
C#
La la la
(I gave away my love)
C#
La la la la la la la
(That I promised you I would keep)
A#m
La la la la la la
(a thousand deaths I died that day)
F# F#m
La la la la la la la
(When two became one)
C#
La la la
(A# greater force pulled you away
So I got on my knees and begged
This silence replaced my tears
A#m
So goodbye my love
F# F#m C#
August 1, 1965)
Chorus:
C#
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
D#m G#
So please tell me it's not true
A#m
After all the love I've given
Fm
You've found someone new
D#m G#
And oh, of all the things I've seen
A#m
This has got to be, got to be
Fm
The greatest tragedy
D#m G#
Oh you, you let it all slip away
F#
But soon you'll find
F#m
Soon you'll find yeah
C#
What you can't replace
Guitar Solo: (Figure out strumming)
C# C# A#m F# F#m C#
End:
C#
Yeah
C#
Goodbye my love
C#
As I bid farewell to thee
A#m F#
All is fair in love and war
F#m C#
So I'm goin' overseas