...NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE... by Jackson 5
---------------------------.............
*from 'Maybe Tomorrow' (1971)*
Intro:
Em7 Em7/A
Bridge 1:
Em7 Em7/A
Never can say good-bye,
No no no no, I,
Em7 Em7/A
Never can say good-bye.
Verse 1:
Dmaj7
Even though,
The pain and heartache,
Am7
Seems to follow me,
Wherever I go.
Dmaj7
Though I try and try,
To hide my feelings,
Am7
They always seem to show.
Dmaj7
Then you try to say,
You're leaving me,
Am7
And I always,
Have to say no...
Em7
Tell me why,
Em7/A
Is it so?
That I...
Bridge 2:
Em7 Em7/A
Never can say good-bye,
No no no no, I,
Em7 Em7/A
Never can say good-bye.
Verse 2:
Dmaj7
Every-time I think,
I've had enough,
Am7
I start heading,
For the door.
Dmaj7
There's a very,
Strange vibration,
Am7
Piercin me,
Right to the core.
Dmaj7
It says turn around,
You fool,
Am7
You know you love her,
More and more.
Em7
Tell me why,
Em7/A
Is it so?
A7 D
Don't wanna let you go!
Chorus 1:
D
I can never can,
Dm
Say good-bye girl,
E7 Eb7
I never can,
D
Say good-bye.
No no no, no no no,
No no no no no.
D
I can never can,
Dm
Say good-bye girl,
E7 Eb7
I never can,
D
Say good-bye.
No no no, no no no,
No no no no no.
Bridge 3:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/jackson_5/never_can_say_goodbye_crd.html ]
Em7 Em7/A
Never can say good-bye,
No no no no, I,
Em7 Em7/A
Never can say good-bye.
Verse 3:
Dmaj7
I keep thinkin',
That our problems,
Am7
Soon are all,
Gonna work out.
Dmaj7
But there's that same,
Unhappy feeling and,
Am7
There's that anguish,
There's that doubt.
Dmaj7
It's the same old,
Did ya hang up?
Am7
Can't do with you,
Or without.
Em7
Tell me why,
Em7/A
Is it so?
A7 D
Don't wanna let you go!
Chorus 2:
D
I can never can,
Dm
Say good-bye girl,
E7 Eb7
I never can,
D
Say good-bye.
No no no, no no no,
No no no no no.
D
I can never can,
Dm
Say good-bye girl,
E7 Eb7
I never can,
D
Say good-bye.
No no no, no no no,
No no no no no.
Chorus 3:
D
I can never can,
Dm
Say good-bye girl,
E7 Eb7
I never can,
D
Say good-bye.
No no no, no no no,
No no no no no.
D
I can never can,
Dm
Say good-bye girl,
E7 Eb7
I never can,
D
Say good-bye.
No no no, no no no,
No no no no no.
(Repeat to Fade)
CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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Em7 Em7/A Dmaj7 Am7 A7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
022030 x02030 xx0222 x02013 x02223
D Dm E7 Eb7
EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
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Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007
(clumsyband@hotmail.com)