Say goodbye to it all
Am - F Am
No
borderli…….ne, no borderli…ne.
+ Am - F (4x) - G +
C - G - C - F - G
(3x)
C
F G
1.
Took a boat over Lake Geneva,
Am Em Dm G
it was raining all
night long.
F D E
Am
We were lucky and we
saw no enemy,
F
C F C
and
came from Switzerland, poor refugees,
F C - G F
G C - F - G
far
from the guns of wa…..r, we said goodbye to it all.
C F G
2.
They brought us in to a nurse's station,
Am Em Dm G
half a mile behind
the lines,
F D
E Am
oh Lord, how my heart
was breaking,
F
C F C
to see the children, and the walking wounded,
F C - G F
G C - F - G
hoping for a ticket ho…me, and say goodbye to it all.
C
F G
3. I
woke up on a cold blue morning,
Am Em Dm G
to see her there,
standing right beside me,
F D
E Am
long years since I
left her at the borderline.
F C F C
And
how she found me I'll never know,
F
C - G F G
C
but
we decided there and the….n, to say goodbye to it all.
G C F G C G C F
To
it all, sa…y goodbye to it all.
G C G C
F - G
Sa…y
goodbye to it a……ll.
C
F G
4.
Took a train from Paris to the ocean,
Am Em Dm G
found a small hotel
by the coast.
F D E Am
As we walked along
the beaches of Normandy,
F
C F C
we
came to Juno, Omaha and Gold,
F C G
F G C
- F - G
and
whispered a prayer for the boys, who said goodbye to it all.
C F G
5.
Now we've got our own place by the water,
Am Em Dm G
and I have a job in
the old hotel.
F D E Am
She is ready and
she's hoping for a daughter,
F
C F C
well, I don't mind, we've made our choice,
F
C G
we've got all the time in the world,
F
G C - G - F F G
C
we
said goodbye to it a…….…ll, we said goodbye to it all.
G - C - F - G C G C F
+ 'Bye to it all.
G C G C F G
C G C F - G
+ Sa…y goodbye to it all. (3x)
+ Sa…y goodbye to it a…...ll.
+ C - G - C - F - G (4x) …
(orig.
= capo 5th)
(Chris de Burgh)