I’ve been very frustrated lately to not be able to find chords for one of Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy’s latest songs from his new Beware album, ‘I Am Goodbye.’ So, based on the vague chords written in the CD booklet, I’ve figured out the chords in full, and am sharing them because surely others on the Internet would like to play this song:
F (C)
You are Hello Bb
A glowing cry F
heaven we go Bb
never say die F
I'll likely never know Gm (Gm7?)
the answer why F
you are hello C
I am goodbye F
I am goodbye Bb
like the end of something wonderful Bb
some times F
like the way that a wound-up toy top Bb
unwinds Am
I am goodbye C
I am goodbye Bb
F Bb F Bb F Bb F C F
I am goodbye Bb
like a beast in the distance Bb
you can't tell if fur or fowl F
like the last thing you hear Bb
just before you hear the howl Am
I am goodbye C
I am goodbye Bb
I am goodbye Bb
like the end of something wonderful Bb
some times F
like the absence that more and more Bb
crowds into my mind Am
I am goodbye C
I am goodbye Bb
F
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March 25, 2010 at 12:40 pm
Wade
Thanks so much for posting this. Great song, and the chords seem right. The only change I can think of would be that Gm, which instead I think is just another Bb. And I thinks it’s a little easier to play this with a capo on the first fret, playing all those Bbs and Fs as As and Es, respectively.
Also, nice job on the lyrics. I was having quite a time deciphering some of the words, and none of the lyric sites were helpful.
April 22, 2010 at 8:19 pm
Tim
Thanks for this man. This is great. I agree with Wade.. the Gm is a Bm. I also think the C in the chorus is actually a Dm. Like this:
I am goodbye Bb
like the end of something wonderful Bb
some times F
like the absence that more and more Bb
crowds into my mind Am
I am goodbye Dm
I am goodbye Bb
April 22, 2010 at 8:20 pm
Tim
Doh! I meant the Am is a Dm… woops.
I am goodbye Bb
like the end of something wonderful Bb
some times F
like the absence that more and more Bb
crowds into my mind Dm
I am goodbye C
I am goodbye Bb
July 13, 2010 at 2:16 pm
caldebor
hello
what the hell means Bb in the european music writting?
May 19, 2011 at 10:22 pm
Anonymous
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May 24, 2011 at 2:44 am
anon
ummmm, soooooooo much more lyrics to be recognized i this song… i love this song as a moment to reflect a night of decisions….. and yes.. only one chord progression. the second one from this page
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