Why Can't I Say Goodnight
Sam Palladio & Clare Bowen, Nashville version
original by Kim Richey
Standard
Capo 2
F: X33210
Fm7: XX1111
Intro: C
F C
It's almost sunrise
F C G
Hours and hours gone by
F C
Candles are burned down
F C G Am
Turned into morning light
Am G C
The time to go has come and gone
F-Fm7 C G C
Why can't I--I? Why can't I say goodnight?
F C
The whole world is sleeping
F C G
And still I can't give in
F C
It's a love story
F C G
I never want to end
Am G C
The time to go has come and gone
F-Fm7 C G C
Why can't I--I? Why can't I say goodnight?
A Dm G
I'm using up all my strength
C
I can't tear myself away
Am Dm F
It only gets harder as
G
night turns to day
F C
There isn't one place
F C G
Honey, that I'd rather be
F C
Then Right here in your arms
F C G
With your head lying on me
Am G C
The time to go has come and gone
F-Fm7 C G C
Why can't I--I? Why can't I say goodnight?
C G C
Darling why can't I say goodnight?
