Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye
-Loudermilk
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Transcribed by Guitar Player Extraordinaire, Tim Stoll
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Some helpful chord Voicings:
: ,,, (5th fret)
E7b9: ,,, (7th fret-during intro)
??...,,, (9th fret-throughout song)
E13b9: ,,, (9th fret)
(Note: most of this song (during the
singing parts) is played around the 9th fret)
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Intro:
E13b9
A---Bbdim---Bm7---E7b9---E13b9
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Verse 1:
A------------F#m7----------Bm7-----E7b9--E13b9
Kiss me each morning for a million years
A------------F#m7------------Bm7---E7b9
Hold me each evening by your side
A--------------F#m7----------Bm7-----E7b9
Tell me you ll love me for a million years
A----------------D
Then if it don t work out
A----------------D
Then if it don t work out
A------------D-----------E7b9----E13b9
Then you can tell me goodbye
Verse 2:
Sweeten my coffee with a morning kiss
Soften my dreams with your sighs
Tell me you ll love me for a million years
Then if it don t work out
Then if it don t work out
Then you can tell me goodbye
[Organ solo]
Bridge:
D------------------A
If you must go, oh no, I won t grieve
B7-----------------------E7-------------E13b9
If you wait a lifetime before you leave
Verse 3:
Then if you must go
Mmm, I won t tell you no
Just so that we can say we tried
Tell me you ll love me for a million years
Then if it don t work out
Then if it don t work out
Then you can tell me goodbye
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