I Couldn't Say Goodbye chords by Tom Jones

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Open G+G (D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G BB D MajorD)

Tom Jones
I Couldn’t Say Goodbye

I play banjo, so I have it capo at 3, tuning G+G

G+G E minorEm C majorC C G+G E minorEm C majorC

Verse:

G+G           E minorEm
I watch you as you're sleeping
C majorC           D MajorD
As I'm standing at the door
G+G            E minorEm
I don't want to let you go
A minorAm            D MajorD
But I can't hold on anymore
BB       E minorEm
I just can't find the strength
A minorAm         C majorC
To say I'm leaving you
G+G        E minorEm
It's over now, it's over now
A minorAm            D MajorD
And there's nothing I can do

Chorus:

        G+G
I couldn't say goodbye
          C majorC
Couldn't stand the pain
          E minorEm
Couldn't watch you cry
 A minorAm        E minorEm      D MajorD
Knowing that your heart would break
       G+G
So I let you sleep
         C majorC
Till the morning light
            D MajorD      A minorAm   D MajorD
When you wake up and you read the note I write
         E minorEm    D MajorD
Telling you that I
          G+G     E minorEm     C majorC   D MajorD
I couldn't say goodbye

Verse:
G+G           E minorEm
I'm walking down this rainy street
C majorC           D MajorD
Thinking you're awake by now
G+G            E minorEm
As you read my letter
A minorAm              D MajorD
And the tears fall from your eyes
BB          E minorEm
Just know I tried to make it work
A minorAm           C majorC
It just wasn't meant to be
G+G        E minorEm
I needed you, I needed you
C majorC      D MajorD
But not the way you needed me

Chorus:

         G+G
I couldn't say goodbye
          C majorC
Couldn't stand the pain
          E minorEm
Couldn't watch you cry
 A minorAm        E minorEm      D MajorD
Knowing that your heart would break
       G+G
So I let you sleep
         C majorC
Till the morning light
            D MajorD      A minorAm   D MajorD
When you wake up and you read the note I write
         E minorEm    D MajorD
Telling you that I
          G+G     E minorEm     C majorC   D MajorD
I couldn't say goodbye

Bridge:
G+G           E minorEm
I didn't mean to hurt you
A minorAm            C majorC
I didn't want to make you cry
G+G            C majorC
It's over now, yes it's over now
G+G           D MajorD
I just couldn't say goodbye

Chorus:

          G+G
I couldn't say goodbye
          C majorC
Couldn't stand the pain
          E minorEm
Couldn't watch you cry
 A minorAm        E minorEm      D MajorD
Knowing that your heart would break
       G+G
So I let you sleep
         C majorC
Till the morning light
            D MajorD      A minorAm   D MajorD
When you wake up and you read the note I write
         E minorEm    D MajorD
Telling you that I
          G+G     E minorEm     C majorC   D MajorD
I couldn't say goodbye