Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye Chords

KeyG CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays497

Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye by Eddy Arnold is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Em, C, D7, A7 and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G            Em            C       D7 
Kiss me each morning for a million years 

G            Em              C   D7 
Hold me each evening by your s-ide 

G           Em            C       D7 
Tell me you love me for a million years 

G           C        G           C 
If it don't work out if it don't work out  

G            C            D7 
Then you can tell me good-bye 

  
G          Em            C       D7 
Sweeten my coffee with a morning kiss 

G         Em               C   D7 
Soften my dreams with your s-i-gh 

G            Em             C       D7 
After you've loved me for a million years 

G           C        G           C 
If it don't work out if it don't work out 

G            C            G 
Then you can tell me good-bye 

  
C                      G 
If you must go I won't grieve 

Em        A7                   Am         D7 
If you'll just wait a lifetime before you leave 

  
G          Em      C           D7 
But if you must go I won't say no 

G       Em                 C     D7 
Just so we can say that we tri-ed 

G           Em            C       D7 
Tell me you love me for a million years 

G           C        G           C 
If it don't work out if it don't work out 

G            C            G 
Then you can tell me good-bye 

  
             C            G 
Then you can tell me good-bye 
    	

Chord diagrams

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