Say Goodbye
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SAY GOODBYE - Chris Brown
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First Submitted: August 5th 2010
Last Updated: August 12th 2010
Tuning: Standard EADGBE
Capo: 1
Chords:
Am: 002210
F: 133211
C: 032010
G: 320033 or 355433
Dm: 000231 (only used in Intro)
Chord in brackets (eg. the Am above "I swear it'll only take..") mean either:
- The chord is continued from the end of the previous line and in the same bar
- It is above "secondary" lyrics, eg. when lyrics overlap like the end of the hook
I KNOW" and start of the chorus "THERE'S never a right time...". By secondary I
mean the less important chord.
In the given example, the lyrics in brackets overlap, but the start of the chorus is more
important than the end of the hook.
Note: The timing for the intro was very hard to represent in this tab. Hopefully if you know
the song well enough, you might be able to recognise where to sing. I tried to do it for a
few of the points but as I said, it was quite challenging.
1 1
Basically the number (eg. ) is supposed to be aligned with the note you pluck. That
is also put above the bit of the song you're supposed to sing when that note is plucked (or
relatively close to that lyric).
Please leave any comments/ratings/corrections/suggestions.
ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO PLAY
:
1) Tuning: 1/2 step down D# G# C# F# A# D# ; No Capo
Chords:
Bm: 224432
G: 320033 or 355433
D: x00232
A: 002220
Em: 022000
Intro:
Bm, A, Em, D
x3
G, A
Bm, A, Em, D
x3
G, A
Everything else:
Bm, G, D, A
- repeat throughout the song
2) Tuning: Standard EADGBE ; Capo: 6
Chords:
Em: 022000
C: 032010
G: 320033
D: x00232
Gm: 355333
Intro:
Em, D, Gm, G
x3
C, D
Em, D, Gm, G
x3
C, D
Everything else:
Em, C, G, D
- repeat throughout the song
Intro
:
Can either be picked as shown below, or played using chords:
AGDC
e|-----------------0-1-----1-0-------|
B|1-----1-0------3-------3-----3-3-1-|
G|----2--------0-------2-------------|
D|--2--------0-------0---------------|
A|0--------------------------3-------|
E|--------3--------------------------|
e|-----------------0-1-----1-0-------|
B|1-----1-0------3-------3-----3-3-1-|
G|----2--------0-------2-------------|
D|--2--------0-------0---------------|
A|0--------------------------3-------|
E|--------3--------------------------|
1
e|-----------------0-1-----1-0-------|
B|1-----1-0------3-------3-----3-3-1-|
G|----2--------0-------2-------------|
D|--2--------0-------0---------------|
A|0--------------------------3-------|
E|--------3--------------------------|
23
FG
e|3-----------3-3----------------|
B|----1-1-1-1---------3----0---0-|
G|--2------------------------2---|
D|3-----------------5------------|
A|----------------5--------------|
E|--------------3----------------|
4
AGDC
e|-----------------0-1-----1-0-------|
B|1-----1-0------3-------3-----3-3-1-|
G|----2--------0-------2-------------|
D|--2--------0-------0---------------|
A|0--------------------------3-------|
E|--------3--------------------------|
e|-----------------0-1-----1-0-------|
B|1-----1-0------3-------3-----3-3-1-|
G|----2--------0-------2-------------|
D|--2--------0-------0---------------|
A|0--------------------------3-------|
E|--------3--------------------------|
e|-----------------0-1-----1-0-------|
B|1-----1-0------3-------3-----3-3-1-|
G|----2--------0-------2-------------|
D|--2--------0-------0---------------|
A|0--------------------------3-------|
E|--------3--------------------------|
56
FG
e|3-----------3-3----------------|
B|----1-1-1-1---------3----0---0-|
G|--2------------------------2---|
D|3-----------------5------------|
A|----------------5--------------|
E|--------------3----------------|
7
Weird part right at the start
:
e|--------------|
B|-3s5------3s5-|
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|
12
Look we gotta talk
3
Dang I know
I know it's just
It's just...
4
Some things I gotta get of my chest alright....
5
Yeahhhh...
67
Whoa, whoa, whoa, oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, oh, whoa...
Listen..
Verse 1
:
Am
Baby come here and sit down, let's talk
F
I got a lot to say so I guess I'll start by
C
Saying that I love you,
G
But you know, this thing ain't been
Am
No walk in the park for us
(Am)
I swear it'll only take a minute
F
You'll understand when I finish, yeah
C
And I don't wanna see you cry
G
But I don't wanna be the one
(G)
to tell you a lie so
Hook
Am
How do you let it go? When you,
F
You just don't know? What's on,
C
The other side of the door
G
When you're walking out, talk about it
Am F
Everything I tried to remember to say
(F)
Just went out my head
C
So I'ma do the best I can
G
to get you to understand
(Am)
'cause I know
Chorus
:
Am F
There's never a right time to say goodbye
C
But I gotta make the first move
G
'Cause if I don't you gonna start hating me
Am
Cause I really don't feel the way
(Am)
I once felt about you
F
Girl it's not you, it's me
C G
I kinda gotta figure out what I need (oh)
Am F
There's never a right time to say goodbye
C
But we know that we gotta go
G
Our separate ways
Am F
And I know it's hard but I gotta do it,
(F)
And it's killing me
C
Cause there's never a right time
G (Am)
Right time to say goodbye
Verse 2
:
Am
Girl I know your heart is breaking
F
And a thousand times I
C
Found myself asking, "Why? Why?"
G
Why am I taking so long to say this?
Am
But trust me, girl I never
F
Meant to crush your world
(F)
And I never
C G
Thought I would see the day we grew apart
(G) (Am)
And I wanna know
Repeat Hook
Repeat Chorus
Bridge
:
Am
Listen to your heart
(Am)
Girl you know,
F
We should be apart, baby I
C
I just can't do it
G
I, I just can't do it
Am
Listen to your heart
(Am)
Girl you know,
F
We should be apart, baby I
C
I just can't do it
G Am
And sometimes it makes me wanna cry
F C
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
G
Do you hear me crying?
Am F C
Oh, oh, oh
G
There's never a right time
Repeat Chorus
x2