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 you 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 |

[Verse 1]

C                           Em/B  Em
Please don't wake me up too late
  Am           Am/G F      Dm    | G    C/G G |
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/G F      Dm   | G    C/G G |
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/B Em | Am    Am/G | F Dm | G   C/G G |
       2/4
| C | Em/B Em | Am    Am/G | F G C G7/D |
       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/G F        Dm   | G    C/G G |
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