"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 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 rejected Kirkman/Alexander composition was reworked into _The Association_'s "Goodbye Forever".] Verse 1:
Cm7/F Abmaj7 Cm7 Got to say hello, ... Bbmaj7 Dm7 Abmaj7 Cm7 Dm7 Kiss the moon goodbye ... Gm Eb It's a lucky day ... Dm7 Abmaj7 Gonna build a new ... Dm7 Dbmaj7 Cm7/F Touch the sun and run, ... Chorus: Bb Gm Hello life, ... Dm7 Abmaj7 I've got a feelin' that ... Dm7 Gm Dbmaj7 You're gonna know that ... Gbmaj7 Got that look in ... Verse 2: Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7 Its a lucky day, just .... Abmaj7 Dbmaj7 Leavin' the old ... Bbmaj7 Ebmaj7 Lucky day for ... Abmaj7 Dbmaj7 Just to ... Cm7 Dm7 It's a day for ... Eb Dm7 Tellin' the old one ... Cm7 Dm7 Lucky day for ... Eb Dbmaj7 Cm7/F Spread your ... [repeat chorus] Bb It's a lucky day ... [repeat chorus] Dbmaj7 It's a lucky day... Gbmaj7 Goodbye, ... Coda [repeat to fade]: Dbmaj7 Goodbye, goodbye C... Gbmaj7 Goodbye, goodbye Co.... -- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers