Chords with lyrics
"Goodbye Columbus"
(Jim Yester)
Jim Yester, in the liner notes to the Japanese _From The Original Master
Tapes_ CD (Warner/Pioneer WPCP-3536):
Written for Paramount Pictures, this was the title song for Ali McGraw's
first major film. A augmentedA great exercise in songwriting, after viewing early
film rushes in New York, the group returned to L.A. to write, produce,
and record our part of the music score in an amazingly short period of
time. [A augmentedA rejected Kirkman/Alexander composition was reworked into
_The Association_'s "Goodbye Forever".]
Verse 1:
Cm7/F Abmaj7Abmaj7 Cm7Cm7
Got to say hello, ...
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 Dm7Dm7 Abmaj7Abmaj7 Cm7Cm7 Dm7Dm7
Kiss the moon goodbye ...
G minorGm Eb MajorEb
It's a lucky day ...
Dm7Dm7 Abmaj7Abmaj7
Gonna build a new ...
Dm7Dm7 Dbmaj7Dbmaj7 Cm7/F
Touch the sun and run, ...
Chorus:
Bb majorBb G minorGm
Hello life, ...
Dm7Dm7 Abmaj7Abmaj7
I've got a feelin' that ...
Dm7Dm7 G minorGm Dbmaj7Dbmaj7
You're gonna know that ...
Gbmaj7Gbmaj7
Got that look in ...
Verse 2:
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
Its a lucky day, just ....
Abmaj7Abmaj7 Dbmaj7Dbmaj7
Leavin' the old ...
Bbmaj7Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7Ebmaj7
Lucky day for ...
Abmaj7Abmaj7 Dbmaj7Dbmaj7
Just to ...
Cm7Cm7 Dm7Dm7
It's a day for ...
Eb MajorEb Dm7Dm7
Tellin' the old one ...
Cm7Cm7 Dm7Dm7
Lucky day for ...
Eb MajorEb Dbmaj7Dbmaj7 Cm7/F
Spread your ...
[repeat chorus]
Bb majorBb
It's a lucky day ...
[repeat chorus]
Dbmaj7Dbmaj7
It's a lucky day...
Gbmaj7Gbmaj7
Goodbye, ...
Coda [repeat to fade]:
Dbmaj7Dbmaj7
Goodbye, goodbye C...
Gbmaj7Gbmaj7
Goodbye, goodbye Co....
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers