Goodbye It’s 1987

Transpose

Year: 1985
Album: The Clock Comes Down The Stairs

VERSE 1

Eb

The phone is

Bbm7

ringing,

Abmaj7

the kettle’s

C#maj7

singing

Eb

Bbm7

Abmaj7

C#maj7

Eb

This humid

Bbm7

heaven

Abmaj7

is west e

C#maj7

leven

Eb

The airless

Bbm7

silence,

Abmaj7

June

eighty-

C#maj7

seven

The

C#7

grey bed, next to the wall

Abm

holds

Ebm

them

C#7

Tense but still asleep,

Abm

dream

Ebm

ing

VERSE 2

Eb

They only

Bbm7

wanted

Abmaj7

to want each

C#maj7

other

Eb

But that can

Bbm7

never,

Abmaj7

ever

C#maj7

happen

C#7

All the luck in the world won’t

Abm

save

Ebm

you

C#7

You’re not broke anymore, you

A

trod on their

Abm

hands

So

A

sleep on and

Absus4

on

CHORUS

G

Good

Gmaj7

bye and

Cmaj7

good

C/D

bye

G

Good

Gmaj7

bye and

Cmaj7

good

C/D

bye

VERSE 3

Eb

I found a

Bbm7

bullet

Abmaj7

with your name

C#maj7

on

it

Eb

I ran and

Bbm7

hid it,

Abmaj7

you didn’t

C#maj7

see

it

C#7

Tanks rolled through the peaceful

Abm

streets

Ebm

and

C#7

Smiling hippies held

A

guns and gre

Abm

nades

CHORUS

G

Good

Gmaj7

bye and

Cmaj7

good

C/D

bye

G

Good

Gmaj7

bye and

Cmaj7

good

C/D

bye

INTERLUDE

B

F#m7

E

A

B

F#m7

E

Let’s tax the wages of sin

A

B

F#m7

Emaj7

A

B

F#m7

Emaj7

A

VERSE 4

Eb

And in his

Bbm7

dreaming,

Abmaj7

he rolls with

C#maj7

strangers

Eb

As she

Bbm7

looks on

Abmaj7

smiling

C#maj7

faintly

C#7

Time stands still for a while, they

Abm

still

Ebm

slide

C#7

Soon when they awake they’ll

A

shed sweat and

Abm

tears

In

A

acts of love which

Absus4

say

CHORUS

G

Good

Gmaj7

bye and

Cmaj7

good

C/D

bye

G

Good

Gmaj7

bye and

Cmaj7

good

C/D

bye

G

Good

Gmaj7

bye and

Cmaj7

good

C/D

bye

G

Good

Gmaj7

bye and

Cmaj7

good

C/D

bye

OUTRO

B

F#m7

E

A

B

F#m7

E

A

B

F#m7

E

A

B

F#m7

E

A

G