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