Goodbye Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays575

Goodbye by Patty Griffin is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, G, Bm and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
D
Text
16
Speed
  			
D        G        D       G 

D                       G    D                               Bm        A 
Occured to me the other day,   you've been gone now a couple years 

G                        D    Bm                     A    G 
Well, I guess it takes a while for someone to really disappear 

D                  G   D                          Bm     A 
I remember where I was   when the word came about you 

G                          D  Bm                       A        G 
It was a day much like today,   the sky was bright and wide and blue 

      G                D               G                  A 
And I wonder where you are, and if the pain ends when you die 

      G               Bm  A      G                     A 
And I wonder if there was   some better way to say goodbye 

Today my heart is big and sore, it's trying to push right through my skin 
I won't see you anymore, I guess that's finally sinking in 
Cause you can't make somebody see by the simple words you say 
All their beauty from within, sometimes they just look away 

And I wonder where you are, and if the pain ends when you die 
And I wonder if there was some better way to say goodbye 

     G                      A       G       A       G       A 
Some better way to say goodby - y - y - y - y - y - y - y - y - ye 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante