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Goodbye Tiger by Richard Clapton

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GOODBYE TIGER
Written by Richard Clapton

4 beats per chord (anticipated changes)
' = 2 beats

INTRO:
Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7 Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7 (two times)

VERSE:
Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramA minorAm            Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramG+G
 "Geez", he said the bands don't seem to play round here no more
Chord diagramA minorAm            Chord diagramC majorC
 And Saturday night just aint the same
Chord diagramA minorAm          Chord diagramC majorC        Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramG+G
 Wish everything was back the way it used to be be-fore
Chord diagramA minorAm          Chord diagramB minorBm        Chord diagramC majorC       'G 'G/F#
 Now I sit here and push my long hair back behind my ears
Chord diagramE minorEm          Chord diagramE minorEm     Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramC majorC
 The face I used to hide behind is now becoming ghostly with the years

LINK:
Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramD MajorD
      Good-

CHORUS:
Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramAm7Am7       Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramG+G
bye Tiger chasing those dolce vita times
Chord diagramAm7Am7      Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramG+G
 Somehow you seem to have left me far behind
Chord diagramAm7Am7          Chord diagramEm9Em9      Chord diagramAm7Am7   Am7(11)
 But you can hear me whisper on the nightline good
Chord diagramAm7Am7 Chord diagramAm7Am7    Chord diagramEm9Em9 Chord diagramEm9Em9    Chord diagramAm7Am7 Chord diagramAm7Am7
bye Tiger good-bye Tiger good-bye

RE-INTRO: (solo)
Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7 Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7

Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7 Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7
        I keep

VERSE-SHORT:
Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramA minorAm          Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramG+G
Shifting round I wear the dust of many foreign streets
Chord diagramA minorAm       Chord diagramC majorC           Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramG+G
 Drifting and shifting with the wind__
Chord diagramA minorAm           Chord diagramB minorBm       Chord diagramC majorC       'G 'G/F#
 Now this same wind is howling like a cyclone here in-side
Chord diagramE minorEm     Chord diagramE minorEm        Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramC majorC
 And I see I've got nothing left to hide

BRIDGE:
Chord diagramAm7Am7    Chord diagramEm9Em9      Chord diagramAm7Am7     Am7(11)
 Nobody's gonna take the stage tonight
Chord diagramAm7Am7       Chord diagramEm9Em9    Chord diagramAm7Am7 Chord diagramAm7Am7
 So I sit here anyway and sigh  good

CHORUS:
Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramAm7Am7       Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramG+G
bye Tiger chasing those dolce vita times
Chord diagramAm7Am7      Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramG+G
 Somehow you seem t'have left me far behind
Chord diagramAm7Am7        Chord diagramEm9Em9      Chord diagramAm7Am7   Am7(11)
 You can hear me whisper on the nightline good
Chord diagramAm7Am7 Chord diagramAm7Am7    Chord diagramEm9Em9 Chord diagramEm9Em9    Chord diagramAm7Am7 Chord diagramAm7Am7
bye Tiger good-bye Tiger good-bye

OUTRO: (fade with ad lib vocal)
Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7 Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7

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CHORDS:
  Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7 Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramB minorBm G/F# Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramD MajorD Am7(11) Chord diagramEm9Em9
Chord diagramE MajorE|--3----3----0---0---2----3----0---2---0--------0--|
Chord diagramBB|--0----0----1---1---3----0----0---3---1-(3)----3--|
Chord diagramG+G|--0----0----2---0---4----0----0---2---0--------0--|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--0----2----2---2---4----0----2---0---2--------4--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--2----3----0---3---2---------2---0---0--------2--|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--3----------------------2----0----------------0--|

Eveything about this song (structure and performance) says
"loose" so don't try to duplicate the recording precisely.
TAB shows typical arpeggios with anticipated changes.
'Bright' piano stabs on the C-chord are F#-A (#11,13)

INTRO: (let ring)
  Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7               Chord diagramG+G
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Chord diagramBB|-0-------0-------|---0-----0-------|-0-------0-------|---0-----0-------|
Chord diagramG+G|---0-------0-----|-----0-----0-----|---0-------0-----|-----0-----0-----|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-----0-------0---|-------0-----0---|-----2-------2---|-------2-----0---|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-----------------|---------------3-|-------3-------3-|-----------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------3-------3-|-----------------|-----------------|---------------3-|

  Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7                Chord diagramG+G
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---3-----3-------|
Chord diagramBB|-0-------0-------|---------0-------|-0-------0-------|-----0-----0-----|
Chord diagramG+G|---0-------0-----|-------0---0-----|---0-------0-----|-0-----0---------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----2-------2---|-----------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-----------------|---2-----------3-|-------3-------3-|------------g3---|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------3-------3-|-----------------|-----------------|---------------3-|

g = grace note hammer-on from scale step below


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