Say Goodbye Uke tab by Chris Brown

15 Chords used in the song: Am, F, C, G, D#, G#, C#, F#, A#, Bm, D, A, Em, Gm, Dm

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Artist: 
Album: 
Year:  2005
Difficulty: 
4.5
(Intermediate)
Key: unknownChords and Tablature
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 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# D# G# G# C# C# F# F# A# A# D# D# ; No Capo

Chords:

Bm: 224432
G: 320033 or 355433
D: x00232
A: 002220
Em: 022000

Intro:

[Bm Bm, A A, Em Em, D D] x3
[G G, A A]
[Bm Bm, A A, Em Em, D D] x3
[G G, A A]

Everything else:

[Bm Bm, G G, D D, A A] - repeat throughout the song

2) Tuning: Standard EADGBE ; Capo: 6

Chords:

Em: 022000
C: 032010
G: 320033
D: x00232
Gm: 355333

Intro:

[Em Em, D D, Gm Gm, G G] x3
[C C, D D]
[Em Em, D D, Gm Gm, G G] x3
[C C, D D]

Everything else:

[Em Em, C C, G G, D D] - repeat throughout the song


[Intro]:

Can either be picked as shown below, or played using chords:

Am Am G G Dm Dm C 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 F G 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 Am G G Dm Dm C 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 F G 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 Am
Baby come here and sit down, let's talk
F F
I got a lot to say so I guess I'll start by
C C
Saying that I love you,
G G
But you know, this thing ain't been
Am Am
No walk in the park for us
(Am Am)
I swear it'll only take a minute
F F
You'll understand when I finish, yeah
C C
And I don't wanna see you cry
G G
But I don't wanna be the one
(G G)
to tell you a lie so

[Hook]

Am Am
How do you let it go? When you,
F F
You just don't know? What's on,
C C
The other side of the door
G G
When you're walking out, talk about it
Am Am F F
Everything I tried to remember to say
(F F)
Just went out my head
C C
So I'ma do the best I can
G G
to get you to understand
(Am Am)
'cause I know

[Chorus]:

Am Am F F
There's never a right time to say goodbye
C C
But I gotta make the first move
G G
'Cause if I don't you gonna start hating me
Am Am
Cause I really don't feel the way
(Am Am)
I once felt about you
F F
Girl it's not you, it's me
C C G G
I kinda gotta figure out what I need (oh)

Am Am F F
There's never a right time to say goodbye
C C
But we know that we gotta go
G G
Our separate ways
Am Am F F
And I know it's hard but I gotta do it,
(F F)
And it's killing me
C C
Cause there's never a right time
G G (Am Am)
Right time to say goodbye

[Verse 2]:

Am Am
Girl I know your heart is breaking
F F
And a thousand times I
C C
Found myself asking, "Why? Why?"
G G
Why am I taking so long to say this?
Am Am
But trust me, girl I never
F F
Meant to crush your world
(F F)
And I never
C C G G
Thought I would see the day we grew apart
(G G) (Am Am)
And I wanna know

[Repeat Hook]


[Repeat Chorus]

[Bridge]:

Am Am
Listen to your heart
(Am Am)
Girl you know,
F F
We should be apart, baby I
C C
I just can't do it
G G
I, I just can't do it

Am Am
Listen to your heart
(Am Am)
Girl you know,
F F
We should be apart, baby I
C C
I just can't do it
G G Am Am
And sometimes it makes me wanna cry
F F C C
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
G G
Do you hear me crying?
Am Am F F C C
Oh, oh, oh
G G
There's never a right time


#[Repeat Chorus] x2

Uke tab by , 05 Jun 2014

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