Goodbye Again Chords & Tabs
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GOODBYE AGAIN (Mary Chapin Carpenter)
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[Actually in C#; capo 4. Tuning: D A C# E A E.]
[This tablature is for the first verse; all the verses should be
similar, but the timing in the coda is a little bit different.]
[Complete lyrics are at the end.]
[Chords: F#m9=400400; F#m9/E=200400; D(9)=001200; Dmaj9=000000;
A/E: 200000; E7sus=201000.]
F#m9 F#m9/E D(9) D(9) Dmaj9
E ------0---------|----------------|------0---------|----------------|
A ----0-----------|----------0-----|----0-----------|----------0-----|
E --4-----------4-|----------------|--2-------------|--------------0-|
C#----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----1-------1---|----1-------0---|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|--------0-------|
D 4-------4-------|2-------2-------|0-------0-------|0---------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
[intro]
F#m9 F#m9/E D(9) D(9) Dmaj9
E ------0---------|----------------|------0---------|----------------|
A ----0-----------|----------0-----|----0-----------|----------0-----|
E --4-----------4-|----------------|--2-------------|--------------0-|
C#----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----1-------1---|----1-------0---|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|--------0-------|
D 4-------4-------|2-------2-------|0-------0-------|0---------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
[intro]
F#m9 F#m9/E D(9) D(9) Dmaj9
E ------0---------|----------------|------0---------|----------------|
A ----0-----------|----------0-----|----0-----------|----------0-----|
E --4-----------4-|----------------|--2-----------2-|------2-------0-|
C#----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----1-------1---|----1-------0---|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|--------0-------|
D 4-------4-------|2-------2-------|0-------0-------|0---------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
Every night she sleeps alone
F#m9 F#m9/E D(9) D(9) Dmaj9
E ------0---------|----------------|------0---------|----------------|
A ----0-----0-----|----------0-----|----0-----------|--0-------0-----|
E --4-----------4-|----------------|--2-----------2-|------2-------0-|
C#----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----1-------1---|----1-------0---|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|--------0-------|
D 4-------4-------|2-------2-------|0-------0-------|0---------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
And by her bed she puts the phone
F#m9 F#m9/E D(9) D(9) Dmaj9
E ------0---------|----------------|------0---------|----------------|
A ----0-----0-----|----------0-----|----0-----------|--0-------0-----|
E --4-----------4-|----------------|--2-----------2-|------2-------0-|
C#----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----1-------1---|----1-------0---|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|--------0-------|
D 4-------4-------|2-------2-------|0-------0-------|0---------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
And every morning after that
F#m9 F#m9/E D(9) D(9) Dmaj9
E ------0---------|----------------|--------------0-|----------------|
A ----0-----------|----------0-----|------0---------|----------0-----|
E --4-----------4-|----------------|--2-------2-----|------2-------0-|
C#----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----1-------1---|----1-------0---|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D 4-------4-------|2-------2-------|0-------0-------|0-------0-------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
She takes the phone and puts it back
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/mary_chapin_carpenter/goodbye_again_tab.html ]
A/E A/E E7sus E7sus
E ----------------|------0---------|----------------|------0---------|
A ----------------|----------0-----|--------------0-|----------0-----|
E ----------0-----|--0-----------0-|----------0-----|--0-----------0-|
C#----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----1-------1---|----1-------1---|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D 2-------2-------|2-------2-------|2-------2-------|2-------2-------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
He's got a wife back home and three kids up and grown
A/E A/E D(9) D(9)
E ----------------|------0---------|--------------0-|----------------|
A --------------0-|----------0-----|----------------|----------0-----|
E ----------0-----|--0-----------2-|----------2-----|------2-------0-|
C#----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----1-------1---|----1-------1---|
A ----------------|----------------|--------0-------|--------0-------|
D 2-------2-------|2-------2-------|0---------------|0---------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
But these are things that go unsaid
A/E A/E E7sus E7sus
E ----------------|------0---------|----------------|------0---------|
A ----------------|----------0-----|--------------0-|----------0-----|
E ----------0-----|--0-----------0-|----------0-----|--0-----------0-|
C#----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----1-------1---|----1-------1---|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D 2-------2-------|2-------2-------|2-------2-------|2-------2-------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
He might call her from the road just in time to say hello
D(9) D(9)
E ----------------|------0---------|
A --------------0-|----------0-----|
E ----------2-----|--2-------------|
C#----1-------1---|----1-------0---|
A --------0-------|--------0-------|
D 0---------------|0---------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
F#m9 F#m9/E D(9) D(9) Dmaj9
E ------0---------|----------------|------0---------|----------------|
A ----0-----------|----------0-----|----0-----------|----------0-----|
E --4-----------4-|----------------|--2-------------|--------------0-|
C#----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----1-------1---|----1-------0---|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|--------0-------|
D 4-------4-------|2-------2-------|0-------0-------|0---------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
and goodbye again
F#m9 F#m9/E D(9) D(9) Dmaj9
E ------0---------|----------------|--------------0-|----------------|
A ----0-----------|----------0-----|------0---------|----------0-----|
E --4-----------4-|----------------|--2-------2-----|----------------|
C#----0-------0---|----0-------0---|----1-------1---|----1-------0---|
A ----------------|----------------|----------------|--------0-------|
D 4-------4-------|2-------2-------|0-------0-------|0---------------|
^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ . ^ .
LYRICS:
Every night she sleeps alone
And by her bed she puts the phone
And every morning after that
She takes the phone and puts it back
He's got a wife back home and three kids up and grown
But these are things that go unsaid
He might call her from the road just in time to say hello
And goodbye again
She keeps his picture tucked away
She thinks she'll have it framed one day
And maybe he'll come see it there
Hanging by her rocking chair
In a corner of her room on a Sunday afternoon
When all the world is dull and gray
She might close her eyes and sit, rocking gently for a bit
Till all the bad thoughts go away
[piano solo: A/E A/E E7sus E7sus A/E A/E D(9) D(9) ]
[ A/E A/E E7sus E7sus D(9) D(9) D(9) D(9) ]
Back when children played their games
London Bridge and Jesse James
She captured flags, she bounced the ball
And every time, she beat them all
And now she comes home to a cat in a three-room walk-up flat
And plays a game of solitaire
Well she made a fist last night, and she broke the hallway light
And the pieces scattered everywhere
You see, he's got a wife back home and three kids up and grown
But these are things that go unsaid
He might call her from the road just in time to say hello
And goodbye again
[End on D(9).]
- Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com
