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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-----3-3-1-|
G|----2--------0-------2-------------|
D|--2--------0-------0---------------|
A|0--------------------------3-------|
E|--------3--------------------------|
e|-----------------0-1-----1-0-------|
B|1-----1-0------3-------3-----3-3-1-|
G|----2--------0-------2-------------|
D|--2--------0-------0---------------|
A|0--------------------------3-------|
E|--------3--------------------------|
[1]
e|-----------------0-1-----1-0-------|
B|1-----1-0------3-------3-----3-3-1-|
G|----2--------0-------2-------------|
D|--2--------0-------0---------------|
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-----3-3-1-|
G|----2--------0-------2-------------|
D|--2--------0-------0---------------|
A|0--------------------------3-------|
E|--------3--------------------------|
e|-----------------0-1-----1-0-------|
B|1-----1-0------3-------3-----3-3-1-|
G|----2--------0-------2-------------|
D|--2--------0-------0---------------|
A|0--------------------------3-------|
E|--------3--------------------------|
e|-----------------0-1-----1-0-------|
B|1-----1-0------3-------3-----3-3-1-|
G|----2--------0-------2-------------|
D|--2--------0-------0---------------|
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
I [F]got a lot to say so I guess I'll start by
[C] Saying that I love you,
But you know, this [G]thing ain't been
No walk in the park for [Am]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
But [G]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
When you're [G]walking out, talk about it
[Am] Everything I tried to remember to [F]say
[(F)]Just went out my head
[C] So I'ma do the best I can
to [G]get you to understand
'cause I [(Am)]know
[Chorus]:
[Am]There's never a right time to [F]say goodbye
But I gotta make the [C]first move
'Cause if I don't you gonna start [G]hating me
Cause I really don't [Am]feel the way
[(Am)]I once felt about you
[F] Girl it's not you, it's me
I[C] kinda gotta figure out what I nee[G]d (oh)
There's [Am]never a right time to [F]say goodbye
But we [C]know that we gotta go
Our separate [G]ways
[Am] And I know it's hard but I gotta [F]do it,
[(F)]And it's killing me
Cause there's [C]never a right time
[G]Right time to say good[(Am)]bye
[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] Thought I would see the day we grew a[G]part
[(G)]And I wanna know[(Am)]
[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
I[G], 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
And [G]sometimes it makes me wanna [Am]cry
Oh, [F]oh, oh, [C]oh, oh, oh, oh
[G] Do you hear me crying?
[Am] Oh, oh[F], oh[C]
There's [G]never a right time
[Repeat Chorus] x2