Chord/Tab song: Rhymes of Goodbye

from the album Scott 4 (1969)
by Scott Walker

(D-tuning)

Intro:

[D] [F#m] [C] [D]

Verse I:

[D]I've come far from [F#m]chains, from [E]metal and [B]stone

[A]From makeshift designs, I'm [E]seeking a [B]star

[D]To grab for the [F#m]truth, to [E]keep myself [B]one

[A]I turn and it's gone gone, you [E]smile and it's [B]born


Chorus I:

The [D]rhymes of a [A]woman, a [G]river that never ends

The [D]Rhymes of dime[A]nsion, surr[G]ounds us with fire and friends

And [F#m]roaring through d[Bm]arkness, the [G]night children [F#m]fly

[D]I still hear them [A]singing the [G]rhymes of goo[C]dbye[D]


Verse II:

[D]"There's nothing withi[F#m]n, but within",[E] says a [B]voice

[A]"That's still my empire, and I[E]'ve got a ch[B]oice"

It's [D]heedless of [F#m]death, it's [E]still got a [B]fire

[A]And I'll keep it burning, with [E]hands of de[B]sire

[D]The bells of our [F#m]senses can c[E]ost us our [B]pride

[A]Can toll out the boundaries that [E]level our [B]lives

[D]Can slash like the [F#m]sunlight [E]through shadows and [B]cracks

[A]Our nakedness calling, our [E]nakedness [B]back


Chorus II:

[D]The rhyme of our [A]passions, find [G]beauty in loving love

[D]The rhyme of our [A]madness, burns [G]cities and push and shoves

And [F#m]roaring through d[Bm]arkness, the [G]night children [F#m]fly

[D]I still hear them [A]singing the [G]rhymes of goo[C]dbye[D]


Outro:

[C] [D]