So Long Farewell Chords
So Long Farewell by Sound Of Music is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords A6, A, E7, Bm, Bm7, Esus, Dsus2, A/D and E9. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: A6
A A
Children There's a sad sort of clanging from the clock in the hall
A A
And the bells in the steeple too
E7 E7
And up in the nursery, an absurd little bird
E7 A A
Is popping up to say cuckoo (cuckoo, cuckoo)
Bm E7
Regretfully they tell us but firmly they compel us
Bm7 Bm7 A
To say goodbye to you
A
Children So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, good night
A E7
Marta I hate to go and leave this pretty sight
A
Children So long, farewell auf wiedersehen, adieu
A E7
Friedrich Adieu, adieu, to yieu and yieu and yieu
A
Children So long, farewell, au revoir, auf wiedersehen
A E7
Liesl I'd like to stay and taste my first champagne
A
Children So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye
A E7
Kurt I leave and heave a sigh and say goodbye
A
Brigitta I'm glad to go, I cannot tell a lie
A E7
Louisa I flit, I float, I fleetly flee, I fly
Softly A6 Esus
A6 Esus A6 Esus
Gretl The sun has gone to bed and so must I
Dsus2 A A/D A
Children So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye
Bm7 E9 A6
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye
A6
Guests Goodbye
Fill after each part:
A
e|--4--3p2---------------|-4--3p2-------0--|
B|-----------------------|-----------2--2--|
G|---------4--3--1--3--4-|--------4-----2--|
D|-----------------------|--------------2--|
A|-----------------------|--------------0--|
E|-----------------------|-----------------|