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