A Million Old Goodbyes Chords
by Mel Tillis
A Million Old Goodbyes by Mel Tillis is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, G7, Am, Em, F, Dm and D7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C G7
There’s a plane out tonight
Am Em
And I swear to you I’m gonna take that flight
C F C
Please don’t you come to see me cry
Dm G7
You’ve seen it in a million old goodbyes
C G7
There was me there was you
Am Em
But there never was an us to hook onto
C F C
There were times we touched the sky
Dm G7 C
Long before a million old goodbyes
Am F
Breaking up sometimes is more loving than the staying up
Dm
Crying nights and planning how to patch it up
F D7 C G7
Knowing it was something needing giving up
C G7
It was good it was fine
Am Em
We’ve played out this ending many times
C F C
We can say that we have tried
Dm G7 C
Way beyond a million old goodbyes
Am F
Breaking up sometimes is more loving than the staying up
Dm
Crying nights and planning how to patch it up
F D7 C G7
Knowing it was something needing giving up
G7
There’s a plane out tonight
Am Em
And I swear to you I’m gonna take that flight
C F C
We can say that we have tried
Dm G7 C
Way beyond a million old goodbyes
Dm G7 C
Way beyond a million old goodbyes