Whats so good about goodbye - The Miracles
Composer: Smokey Robinson
Label: Tamla
Reached #35 on the hot 100 in 1962. Said to have inspired the Beatles "Ask me why".
Original Key Ab
Capo I
Intro:
G
#1:
G Em
What's so good about goodbye?
G Em
All it does is make-a you cry
D
Well, if leaving causes grieving
C
goodbye can break your heart
G
Tell me what's so good about it
Em7
I could have done without it
Am7 D7
What's so good about goodbye?
#2:
D7 G Em
Since you said goodbye to me
G Em
All I've known is misery
D
Well, if everything goes wrong
C
And lovers say so long
G
Tell me what's so good about it
Em7
I could have done without it
Am7 D7
What's so good about goodbye?
Instrumental:
G Em C D7
[no chord]
Won't somebody tell me now
Em G
How can goodbye be good to a lover who really cares?
Em
And another thing I would like to clarify
A7 D
Is how can farewell be fair?
G Em
Won't you please tell me why
Em G Em
You would have the nerve to say this is goodbye
D C
Girl, when it makes me so sad, then it's got to be bad
G
Tell me what's so good about it
Em
I could have done without it
Am7 G
What's so good about goodbye?
Em
Baby,
Am7 G Em G Em
What's so good about goodbye?
