Goodbye, It’s 1987
Released in 1985 by Rough Trade
Transpose
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