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SAY GOODBYE - Chris Brown
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First Submitted: August 5th 2010
Last Updated: August 12th 2010
Tabbed by: Wayne S
Tuning: Standard EADGBE
Capo: 1
Chords:
[Am]: 002210
[F]: 133211
[C]: 032010
[G]: 320033 or 355433
[Dm]: 000231 (only used in Intro)
Chord in brackets (eg. the Am above "I swear it'll only take..") mean either:
- The chord is continued from the end of the previous line and in the same bar
- It is above "secondary" lyrics, eg. when lyrics overlap like the end of the hook
I KNOW" and start of the chorus "THERE'S never a right time...". By secondary I
mean the less important chord.
In the given example, the lyrics in brackets overlap, but the start of the chorus is more
important than the end of the hook.
Note: The timing for the intro was very hard to represent in this tab. Hopefully if you know
the song well enough, you might be able to recognise where to sing. I tried to do it for a
few of the points but as I said, it was quite challenging.
Basically the number (eg. [1]) is supposed to be aligned with the note you pluck. That [1]
is also put above the bit of the song you're supposed to sing when that note is plucked (or
relatively close to that lyric).
Please leave any comments/ratings/corrections/suggestions.
[ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO PLAY]:
1) Tuning: 1/2 step down D# G# C# F# A# D# ; No Capo
Chords:
[Bm]: 224432
[G]: 320033 or 355433
[D]: x00232
[A]: 002220
[Em]: 022000
Intro
[[Bm] [A] [Em] [D]] (x3)
[[G] [A]]
[[Bm] [A] [Em] [D]] (x3)
[[G] [A]]
Everything else:
[[Bm] [G] [D] [A]] - repeat throughout the song
2) Tuning: Standard EADGBE ; Capo: 6
Chords:
[Em]: 022000
[C]: 032010
[G]: 320033
[D]: x00232
[Gm]: 355333
Intro
[[Em] [D] [Gm] [G]] (x3)
[[C] [D]]
[[Em] [D] [Gm] [G]] (x3)
[[C] [D]]
Everything else:
[[Em] [C] [G] [D]] - repeat throughout the song
Intro
Can either be picked as shown below, or played using chords:
[Am] [G] [Dm] [C]
e|-----------------0-1-----1-0-------|
B|1-----1-0------3-------3-------3-1-|
G|----2--------0-------2-------------|
D|--2--------0---0-------------2-----|
A|0--------------------------3-------|
E|--------3--------------------------|
e|-----------------0-1-----1-0-------|
B|1-----1-0------3-------3-------3-1-|
G|----2--------0-------2-------------|
D|--2--------0---0-------------2-----|
A|0--------------------------3-------|
E|--------3--------------------------|
[1]
e|-----------------0-1-----1-0-------|
B|1-----1-0------3-------3-------3-1-|
G|----2--------0-------2-------------|
D|--2--------0---0-------------2-----|
A|0--------------------------3-------|
E|--------3--------------------------|
[2] [3]
[F] [G]
e|3-----------3-3----------------|
B|----1-1-1-1---------3----0---0-|
G|--2------------------------2---|
D|3-----------------5------------|
A|----------------5--------------|
E|--------------3----------------|
[4]
[Am] [G] [Dm] [C]
e|-----------------0-1-----1-0-------|
B|1-----1-0------3-------3-------3-1-|
G|----2--------0-------2-------------|
D|--2--------0---0-------------2-----|
A|0--------------------------3-------|
E|--------3--------------------------|
e|-----------------0-1-----1-0-------|
B|1-----1-0------3-------3-------3-1-|
G|----2--------0-------2-------------|
D|--2--------0---0-------------2-----|
A|0--------------------------3-------|
E|--------3--------------------------|
e|-----------------0-1-----1-0-------|
B|1-----1-0------3-------3-------3-1-|
G|----2--------0-------2-------------|
D|--2--------0---0-------------2-----|
A|0--------------------------3-------|
E|--------3--------------------------|
[5] [6]
[F] [G]
e|3-----------3-3----------------|
B|----1-1-1-1---------3----0---0-|
G|--2------------------------2---|
D|3-----------------5------------|
A|----------------5--------------|
E|--------------3----------------|
[7]
[Weird part right at the start]:
e|--------------|
B|-3s5------3s5-|
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|
[1] [2]
Look we gotta talk
[3]
Dang I know
I know it's just
It's just...
[4]
Some things I gotta get of my chest alright....
[5]
Yeahhhh...
[6] [7]
Whoa, whoa, whoa, oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, oh, whoa...
Listen..
Verse 1
[Am]
Baby come here and sit down, let's talk
[F]
I got a lot to say so I guess I'll start by
[C]
Saying that I love you,
[G]
But you know, this thing ain't been
[Am]
No walk in the park for us
([Am])
I swear it'll only take a minute
[F]
You'll understand when I finish, yeah
[C]
And I don't wanna see you cry
[G]
But I don't wanna be the one
([G])
to tell you a lie so
Hook
[Am]
How do you let it go? When you,
[F]
You just don't know? What's on,
[C]
The other side of the door
[G]
When you're walking out, talk about it
[Am] [F]
Everything I tried to remember to say
([F])
Just went out my head
[C]
So I'ma do the best I can
[G]
to get you to understand
([Am])
'cause I know
Chorus
[Am] [F]
There's never a right time to say goodbye
[C]
But I gotta make the first move
[G]
'Cause if I don't you gonna start hating me
[Am]
Cause I really don't feel the way
([Am])
I once felt about you
[F]
Girl it's not you, it's me
[C] [G]
I kinda gotta figure out what I need (oh)
[Am] [F]
There's never a right time to say goodbye
[C]
But we know that we gotta go
[G]
Our separate ways
[Am] [F]
And I know it's hard but I gotta do it,
([F])
And it's killing me
[C]
Cause there's never a right time
G ([Am])
Right time to say goodbye
Verse 2
[Am]
Girl I know your heart is breaking
[F]
And a thousand times I
[C]
Found myself asking, "Why? Why?"
[G]
Why am I taking so long to say this?
[Am]
But trust me, girl I never
[F]
Meant to crush your world
([F])
And I never
[C] [G]
Thought I would see the day we grew apart
([G]) ([Am])
And I wanna know
[Repeat Hook]
[Repeat Chorus]
Bridge
[Am]
Listen to your heart
([Am])
Girl you know,
[F]
We should be apart, baby I
[C]
I just can't do it
[G]
I, I just can't do it
[Am]
Listen to your heart
([Am])
Girl you know,
[F]
We should be apart, baby I
[C]
I just can't do it
[G] [Am]
And sometimes it makes me wanna cry
[F] [C]
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
[G]
Do you hear me crying?
[Am] [F] [C]
Oh, oh, oh
[G]
There's never a right time
[Repeat Chorus]
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