Goodbye Sweet Dreams Chords
Goodbye Sweet Dreams by Roky Erickson is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords F, G and Am. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
F G Am Am (x2 with only acoustic guitar, then x2 featuring whole band)
Chorus
F
Goodbye sweet dreams
G Am
Goodbye sweet dreams
F
Goodbye sweet dreams
G Am
Goodbye sweet dreams
verse 1
F
I once had a heart
G Am
Could not be told
F
But now these dreams
G Am
Have grown so cold
Repeat Chorus
Instrumental section
F G Am Am (x2)
verse 2
F
Once I had a love
G Am
And you never returned
F
Don't leave me now
G Am
My love does not too bright burn
F
The love inside
G Am
Burns not too bright
F
'Tis only cold
G Am
Love to get started right
Repeat Chorus
Instrumental section
F G Am Am (x4)
verse 3
F
Relax I'm told
G Am
On the dotted lines
F
At the pentagram the clock strikes twelves
G Am
Me for you, you for I
F
Love has been said
G Am
It should come and go
F
Goodbye sweet dreams
G Am
If you believe them, then go
Instrumental section
F G Am Am (x2)
Repeat Chorus until song ends on an Am chord