This was one of those songs that the Beatles gave away. I think I like Paul's acoustic demo better.
As a note, the demo recording by Paul McCartney, which can be found online, is tuned halfway in between
standard and half step down tuning, so it is tricky to tune the guitar correctly to play along with the
recording.
The Beatles (Paul)
Goodbye (demo)
(Lennon/McCartney)
Here are the non-standard chords used in this song.
C G/Am7 Csus4#5
e 3 0 1
b 1 1 1
g 0 0 1
d 2 2 3
a 3 0 3
e x 3 x
C Em
Please don't wake me up to late
Am F Dm G C G
Tomorrow comes, and I will not be late
C Em Am
Late today when it becomes tomorrow
F G C G7
I will leave and go away
CHORUS:
G
Goodbye, goodbye,
goodbye, goodbye,
goodbye, goodbye,
G
My love, goodbye
C Em
Songs that lingered on my lips
Am
Excite me now
F Dm G C G
And linger on my mind
C Em
Leave your flowers at my door
Am
I leave them for
F G C G7
The one who waits behind
(chorus)
C Em Am F Dm G C G C Em Am F G C G7
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba... Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba...
(chorus)
C Em
Far away my lover sings
Am F Dm G C G
A lonely song and calls me to his side
C Em
Where the sound of lonely drums
Am F G C G7
Invites me on I must be by his side
(chorus)
(Outro)
C Em Am G/Am7 F Csus4#5 C
oooooooo ooooo ba ba ba ba ba ba bye bye
-rj
